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Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.

Naguib Mahfouz

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Naguib Mahfouz
Age: 94 †
Born: 1911
Born: December 11
Died: 2006
Died: August 30
Artist
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Journalist
Novelist
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Cairo
Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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Home is not where you were born home is where all your attempts to escape cease.
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My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize.
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I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization.
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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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One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.
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For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly wished that it would keep going without hesitation or deviation, in a spirit of purity forever.
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It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities.
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If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?
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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
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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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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.
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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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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 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.
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I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason
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