Today’s interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. — Naguib Mahfouz
We have to rebuild the social classes in egypt, and we must change the way things were. — Naguib Mahfouz
We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems. — Naguib Mahfouz
Winning nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. — Naguib Mahfouz