Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouzwas an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published 34 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie scripts, and five plays over a 70-year career. Many of his works have been made into Egyptian and foreign films...
NationalityEgyptian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 December 1911
CityCairo, Egypt
CountryEgypt
Naguib Mahfouz quotes about
If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?
"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.
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.
The heart is a place of secrets...
He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.
It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.
Only the poor are handicapped by honor.
Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.
An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
Insults are the business of the court.
The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.
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.
If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.
Without literature my life would be miserable.