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
Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.
In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.