The article analyzes a small part of the prose of the famous and prolific Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, author of numerous novels, short stories, plays and movie screenplays, Nobel laureate (1988). He started under the sign of the Egyptian prose, which was written during the interwar period, being influenced by well-known prosa authors from his country and from Europe. He wrote a diverse prose, varying between works of historical character, works of pronounced classical realism and works loaded with a pronounced general-human and religious symbolism. In addition to the literary portrait and artistic path of the writer, the universal and also particular character, autochthonous - Arab and Egyptian - of his creation, unfolded from the first half of the 20th century until the date of his death (2006). In novels such as Miramar or Adrift on the Nile, the writer demonstrates an amazing openness and synchronization with the Romanian issues of Europe, and in novels such as The Journey of Ibn Fattouma valorizes and restores archaic forms of narration. This harmonious combination of the universal and the individual represents his individual feature, which, doubled by a real talent, has ensured the prose success and notoriety, far surpassing the Arab framework. Naguib Mahfouz is a follower of the parabolic novel, objectifying to the maximum his narrative discourse.