We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
Naguib MahfouzI found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.
Naguib MahfouzWriting is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their training in a circus and then turned to journalism as the appropriate place to display their tricks.
Naguib Mahfouz