Today's Interpretations Of Religion Are Often Backward

I Love Sufism As I Love Beautiful Poetry, But It Is Not The Answer. Sufism Is Like A Mirage In The Desert. It Says To You, Come And Sit, Relax And Enjoy Yourself For A While.

There Are No Heroes In Most Of My Stories. I Look At Our Society With A Critical Eye And Find Nothing Extraordinary In The People I See.

As The Tension Eases, We Must Look In The Direction Of Agriculture, Industry And Education As Our Final Goals, And Toward Democracy Under Mr Mubarak.

When Will The State Of The Country Be Sound?... When Its People Believe That The End Result Of Cowardice Is More Disastrous Than That Of Behaving With Integrity.

Literature Should Be More Revolutionary Than Revolutions Themselves; Writers Must Find The Means To Continue To Be Critical Of The Negative Elements In The Sociopolitical Reality.