Egyptian literature
Al-Mazini began writing prose in the mid-1920s, and completed his first novel, "Ibrahim al-Katib" ("Ibrahim the Writer"), in 1925–26, though it didn't receive publication until 1931. Upon its publication, it was considered a landmark in Egyptian literature, "probably the first novel to depend primarily for its well-recognized fame on its artistic value", rather than for its social, political, or historical views, as was common in Egyptian literature of the time.