Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.Naguib Mahfouz
I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
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The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.
Naguib Mahfouz
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