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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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling...

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling...

My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.

My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and...

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and...

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a...

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a...

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is...

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is...

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

Happy is he who can give himself up.

Happy is he who can give himself up.

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget...

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget...

My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they...

My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they...

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must...

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must...

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be...

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be...

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

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

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with...

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with...

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

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

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of...

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of...

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

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

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in...

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in...

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which...

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which...

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism...

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism...