"It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets."

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I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization; the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization.

— Naguib Mahfouz