The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
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If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.Naguib Mahfouz
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.
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It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.
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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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We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
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Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life.
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