Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

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

As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies like a diamond in a mind, so let us instill in ourselves the wisdom of love.

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.

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

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

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