By : Naguib Mahfouz 0 Likes
I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
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.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
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.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
By : Naguib Mahfouz
There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
By : 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.
By : Naguib Mahfouz