Frases de Naguib Mahfuz

Naguib Mahfuz, en árabe نجيب محفوظ Nagīb Maḥfūẓ /næˈɡiːb mɑħˈfuːzˤ/ , fue un escritor egipcio. Especialmente conocido por su obra narrativa, le fue otorgado el Premio Nobel de Literatura de 1988, siendo así el primer escritor en lengua árabe en recibir dicho galardón, y el más reconocido. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. diciembre 1911 – 30. agosto 2006
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Naguib Mahfuz: Frases en inglés

“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”

Cited in: Michael J. Gelb (1996) Thinking for a change: discovering the power to create, communicate and lead. p. 96

“According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.”

Naguib Mahfouz in: Gary Dexter (2010) Poisoned Pens: Literary Invective Form Amis to Zola. p. 226

“Voices were blended and intermingled in a tumultuous swirl around which eddied laughter, shouts, the squeaking of doors and windows, piano and accordion music, rollicking handclaps, a policeman's bark, braying, grunts, coughs of hashish addicts and screams of drunkards, anonymous calls for help, raps of a stick, and singing by individuals and groups.”

Mahfouz (1957) Palace of Desire Part II; Cited in Matt Schudel " Leading Arab Novelist Gave Streets a Voice http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083000475.html" in: Washington Post, August 31, 2006

“Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.”

Naguib Mahfouz libro Palace of Desire

Fuente: Palace of Desire

“God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.”

Attributed to Naguib Mahfouz in: Thorntize (2009) The Handbook of Wisdom and Delight. p. 121

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