I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

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.

Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

Literature should be more revolutionary than revolutions themselves; writers must find the means to continue to be critical of the negative elements in the sociopolitical reality.

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