“For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly wished that it would keep going without hesitation or deviation, in a spirit of purity forever.” FirstsSpiritFeltJusticeForeverRevolutionFirst TimeWavePurityKeep GoingDecayIndulgenceHesitationSweepingDeviation Author:Naguib Mahfouz
“I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization; the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization.” YearsFirstsTwoAgeCertainHistoryFourSonCivilizationThousandHundredSevenIslamicThousand YearsHappy Marriage Author:Naguib Mahfouz
“The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.” FirstsFeelingsLiteratureGivenLevelsFirst TimeInternationalPrizeAppreciatedNobelNobel Prize Author:Naguib Mahfouz
