Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
Topics
Campaigns, Campaigning
Politics
Voting Rights
Political Action, Political Activism
Political Affiliation
Political Discourse
Political Ideology
Political Participation
Political Representation
Public Office, Public Officials
Political Party
Civic Engagement
Committee Membership
Grassroots Organizing
Non-Involvement
Non-Participation
Political Experience
Political Platform
Official Role
Citations
Mahfouz, Naguib. "Naguib Mahfouz, The Art of Fiction No. 129." Interview by Charlotte El Shabrawy. The Paris Review, vol. 34, no. 129, Summer 1992.
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Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Taha Hussein, to explore themes of existentialism. He published 34 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie scripts, hundreds of op-ed columns for Egyptian newspapers, and five plays over a 70-year career. Many of his works have been made into Egyptian and foreign films.