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“I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.”

Naguib Mahfouz · Politics

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Naguib Mahfouz

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

Peace

Naguib Mahfouz

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.

Religion

Naguib Mahfouz

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

Age

Naguib Mahfouz

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

Freedom