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Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian
December 11, 1911
Novelist
Insults are the business of the court.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Business
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Insults
The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Own
His
Art
I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Way
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Right
I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Something
It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Never
His
Part
One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.
Naguib Mahfouz
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More
Had
Been
It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.
Naguib Mahfouz
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More
Always
Than
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.
Naguib Mahfouz
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