Great Throughts Treasury
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Yusuf Idris, also Yusif Idris
Egyptian Writer of Plays, Short Stories and Novels, Trained as a Medical Doctor
"The real tragedy is that we’re all human beings, and human beings have a sense of dignity. Any domination by one human over another leads to a loss of some part of his dignity. Is one’s dignity that big it can be crumbled away like that?"
"There is something wrong when girls are educated but society is not prepared to accept them into the workplace without compromising their integrity."
"I don't have a life of my own. I've put myself and my life at the service of the people. If necessity dictates I run, I run… go to jail, I go to jail.. die, I die. My private aspirations are exactly the general aspirations of the people."