I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening… — Quoted

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“I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.”

Naguib Mahfouz · Morning

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Naguib Mahfouz

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

Politics

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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.

Peace

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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

Society

Naguib Mahfouz

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.

Change