I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.

There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient.

Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.