I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to… - Naguib Mahfouz
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I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason
Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic: نجيب محفوظ Nagīb Maḥfūẓ, IPA: [næˈɡiːb mɑħˈfuːzˤ]; December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006) was an Egyptian writer, who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Also Known As
Native Name:
نجيب محفوظ
Alternative Names:
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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Najīb Maḥfūẓ
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naguib mahvuz
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mahfoud najib
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naguib mahfoud
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Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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