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Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian film writer known for his profound insights into Egyptian society and culture. His works extensively covered historical, religious, and contemporary social issues, profoundly influencing Egyptian cinema.

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Famous Naguib Mahfouz Quotes

“If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.”

People Ifs Want Looks Moving Sensitivity Egypt

Author:Naguib Mahfouz

“In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.”

People Today Literature Democracy Concerned Bread Educated Egypt

Author:Naguib Mahfouz

“History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.”

People Ideas Literature Prison Stakes Burned Proclaiming

Author:Naguib Mahfouz

“The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.”

People World Believe Literature I Believe Doors Deserve International Recognition Nobel Arab World

Author:Naguib Mahfouz

“It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities.”

People Problem Conscience Humanitarian Circles Minorities Surprising Manifestos

Book:The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street

Source: The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street

“Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.”

People Years Forever Abandon

Book:The Dreams

Source: The Dreams

“I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason”

People Feels Believe Long Would Be Form I Believe Highest Ideals I Believe In Being True Rebellion Compelled Obliged Revolt Treason

Book:Sugar Street: The Cairo Trilogy

Source: Sugar Street: The Cairo Trilogy

“Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life.”

People Life Has Beens Seems Lasts Religion Concern Exhausted Resorts

Author:Naguib Mahfouz

“When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity.”

People Believe Ends Country States Sound Results Integrity Cowardice End Results

Book:Echoes of an Autobiography

Source: Echoes of an Autobiography

“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.”

People Looks Stories Eye Literature Hero Extraordinary Critical Our Society

Author:Naguib Mahfouz

About the Author

Born: December 11, 1911
Died: August 30, 2006
Known for: Film writer
Quotes: 102

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