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“I throw my passport in the sea, And name you my country
I throw all of my dictionaries in the fire, and name you my language”
― Nizar Qabbani

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“Not everything in the heart can be said, so god created sighs, tears, long sleep, cold smile and shivering hands.”
― Nizar Qabbani

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“It is strange how people seem to belong to places - especially to places where they were not born...”
― Christopher Isherwood, Goodbye to Berlin

tags: belonging, home, places, roots

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“I hadn't told them about you,
But they saw you bathing in my eyes.
I hadn't told them about you,
But they saw you in my written words.
The perfume of love cannot be concealed.”
― Nizar Qabbani, Arabian Love Poems: Full Arabic and English Texts

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“Like racism, sexism is one of the great justifications for high female unemployment rates. Many women are “just housewives” because in reality they are unemployed workers. Cannot, therefore, the “just housewife” role be most effectively challenged by demanding jobs for women on a level of equality with men and by pressing for the social services (child care, for example) and job benefits (maternity leaves, etc.) which will allow more women to work outside the home?”
― Angela Y. Davis, Women, Race & Class

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