Map of Cairo/Egypt 

Cairo University ~ The University which Mahfouz attended and to which he alludes in The Thief and the Dogs

Prime Minister Nasser ~ Nasser and some revolutionaries after his victory.

The Streets of Cairo 

Mid 20th Century Egyptian Prison ~ "As the prison gate and its unconfessable miseries receded, the world-streets belaboured by the                                                                                                sun, careening cars, crowds of people moving or still-returned."

The Citadel and The Great Mosques ~ "The great mosques and, beyond them, the Citadel against the clear sky..."

Cairo Riverbank ~ "Seated on the damp grass along the riverbank beside Sharia al-Nil, he waited."

The Martyr's Tomb ~ "...he set out across the desert to reach the Martyr's Tomb in the shortest time possible..." 

Cafe ~ "I went to Tarzan's cafe to get a gun and try to arrange something..."

Naguib Mahfouz

The Unaltered Cover Picture and Final Cover Picture ~ Notice how the child and woman have been removed from the version on the book cover.