Simplify the following text for a Grade 13 native English-speaking person.
Original: Born into a lower middle-class Muslim family in the Gamaleyya quarter of Cairo , Mahfouz was named after Professor Naguib Pasha Mahfouz ( 1882 â `` 1974 ) , the renowned Coptic physician who delivered him .
Simplified: Mahfouz was born in the Gamaliya quarter of Cairo and was named after Professor Naguib Pasha Mahfouz ( 1882-1974 ) , the renowned Coptic physician who delivered him .