I Reject Any Path Which Rejects Life,

I Started Writing While I Was A Little Boy. Maybe It's Because I Was Reading A Lot Of Books I Admired, And Thought That I Would Like To Write Something Like That Someday. Also, My Love For Good Writing Pushed Me.

Freedom Of Expression Must Be Considered Sacred And Thought Can Only Be Corrected By Counter Thought.

When You Spend Time With Your Friends, What Do You Talk About? Those Things Which Made An Impression On You That Day, That Week ... I Write Stories The Same Way. Events At Home, In School, At Work, In The Street, These Are The Bases For A Story. Some Experiences Leave Such A Deep Impression That Instead Of Talking About Them At The Club I Work Them Into A Novel.

Hosni Mubarak... His Constitution Is Not Democratic, But He Is Democratic. We Can Voice Our Opinions Now. The Press Is Free.

One Effect That The Nobel Prize Seems To Have Had Is That More Arabic Literary Works Have Been Translated Into Other Languages.