"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."

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"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."

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

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"I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening."

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"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."

People

"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."

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"Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story."

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"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."

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

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

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"The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art."

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