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2006-08-31 Africa North

Nobel-laureate author who was declared an infidel dies, aged 94

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Posted by ryuge 2006-08-31 00:38|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They are trying to extinguish the light of reason and thought. Beware.
Chilling words, all the more so because they're absolutely true. He knew what he was up against.

He sounds like a brave man. Courage and imagination are a powerful combination in any man, but in a writer it's a mix that can be absolutely devastating. The vain, the stupid, and the evil all seek to destroy him because they know that he, through his words, has the power to move others to action with nothing other than a few good phrases and the truth.

Posted by The Doctor">The Doctor 2006-08-31 09:12|| 2006-08-31 09:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey, Keith Olbermann (See Opinion)- this is dissent -

In the 1960s, when no Egyptian dared voice dissent, he indirectly criticised Nasser's rule in Small Talk on the Nile and Miramar. Mahfouz's support of Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel brought him the wrath of many Arab countries, who banned his novels.

Olbermann's just a whiney child.

Posted by Bobby 2006-08-31 09:25|| 2006-08-31 09:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I had to study him in high school. It was soooo boring.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-08-31 19:51|| 2006-08-31 19:51|| Front Page Top

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