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Explore more quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

"We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems."

"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."

"In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works."

"I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning."

"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."

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

"The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions."

"I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday."
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