"For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly wished that it would keep going without hesitation or deviation, in a spirit of purity forever."
Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian novelist and screenwriter and the first Arab-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for The Cairo Trilogy and major works of modern Arabic fiction.