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" If we reject science, we reject the common man. "

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" Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. "

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" One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages. "

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" We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems. "

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" I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle. "

" 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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" 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. "

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

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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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" Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. "

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" The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level. "

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