Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
“When disasters come at the same time, they compete with each other.” — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day,… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
