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I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.
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New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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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.
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People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.
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To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.
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Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.
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The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.
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This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
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