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Naguib Mahfouz Facts
Naguib Mahfouz Is Born On December 12, 1911
Naguib Mahfouz Is Born In Cairo, Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz Nationality Is Egyptian
Naguib Mahfouz Zodiac Sign Is Sagittarius
Naguib Mahfouz Zodiac Symbol Is Archer
Naguib Mahfouz Chinese Zodiac Element Is Yin Metal
Naguib Mahfouz Chinese Zodiac Animal Is Pig
Naguib Mahfouz Occupation Is Novelist
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Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
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 Quotes
I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I consider Khomeinis position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I defend both the freedom of expression and societys right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I didnt make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I reject any path which rejects life, but I cant help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe its 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. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
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. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
Ive never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
If we reject science, we reject the common man. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
Insults are the business of the court. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
Its clearly more important to treat ones fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching ones head to a prayer mat. - Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
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