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

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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

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

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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.

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Without literature my life would be miserable.

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If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.

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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.

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According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.

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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.

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At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

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Biography

Nationality: Egyptian

Type: Novelist

Born: December 11th, 1911

Died: August 30th, 2006

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