The barber is young and Mr. Alwan is old; the barber is of the same class as Hamida and Mr. Alwan is not. The marriage of a man like Alwan to a girl … - Naguib Mahfouz

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The barber is young and Mr. Alwan is old; the barber is of the same class as Hamida and Mr. Alwan is not. The marriage of a man like Alwan to a girl like your daughter is bound to bring problems which will make her unhappy.

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About Naguib Mahfouz

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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Native Name: نجيب محفوظ
Alternative Names: Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha Najīb Maḥfūẓ naguib mahvuz mahfoud najib naguib mahfoud Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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عندما تحزن الأنثى، فإن آخر ما تحتاج إليه هو حلول الرجل الواقعية وكلماته العقلانية، هي تحتاج قلباً لا عقلاً، إنصاتاً لا حديثاً، احتواءً لا عتاباً.

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أحياناً لئن نبقى بلا دور في بلداً له دور خيرا من أن يكون لنا دور في بلد لادور له !

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