I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'

What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that are understood without the need for any help from elite writers or thinkers.

To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.

I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.

You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.

War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.