Egypt.mother of civilization, dreaming herself through the centuries. Dreaming us all, her children: those who stay and work for her and complain of her, and those who leave and yearn for her and blame her with bitterness for driving them away.
You know, I've been thinking: all the women in the books you like -- Sartre and Camus and all that -- they don't really exist. Not as people. They're… - Ahdaf Soueif
You know, I've been thinking: all the women in the books you like -- Sartre and Camus and all that -- they don't really exist. Not as people. They're…
- Ahdaf Soueif
Sometimes,because we use the same words,we assume we mean the same thing - Ahdaf Soueif
Sometimes,because we use the same words,we assume we mean the same thing
She had been wrong to think it wouldn't matter that much to him, yes,He took her for granted, of course he did , but he took her for granted - not li… - Ahdaf Soueif
She had been wrong to think it wouldn't matter that much to him, yes,He took her for granted, of course he did , but he took her for granted - not li…
I now find myself looking at every sentence, every image, that purports to tell the West about the Arabs and the Muslims with this question in mind: … - Ahdaf Soueif
I now find myself looking at every sentence, every image, that purports to tell the West about the Arabs and the Muslims with this question in mind: …
That narrow stretch of sand knows nothing in the world better than it does the white waves that whip it , caress it , collapse on to it . The white f… - Ahdaf Soueif
That narrow stretch of sand knows nothing in the world better than it does the white waves that whip it , caress it , collapse on to it . The white f…
So at the heart of all things is the germ of their overthrow; the closer you are to the heart, the closer to the reversal. Nowhere to go but down. Yo… - Ahdaf Soueif
So at the heart of all things is the germ of their overthrow; the closer you are to the heart, the closer to the reversal. Nowhere to go but down. Yo…
If people can write to each other across space, why can they not write across time too? - Ahdaf Soueif
If people can write to each other across space, why can they not write across time too?
But things move on and by the time you've plotted your position the world around you has changed and you are running -panting- to catch up. - Ahdaf Soueif
But things move on and by the time you've plotted your position the world around you has changed and you are running -panting- to catch up.
And Egypt ? What is Egypt strenght?her resilience ?her ability to absorb poeple and events into the pores of her being? is that true or is it just a … - Ahdaf Soueif
And Egypt ? What is Egypt strenght?her resilience ?her ability to absorb poeple and events into the pores of her being? is that true or is it just a …
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