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" 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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" We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were. "
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" My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize. "
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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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" It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts. "
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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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