Rabab Youes

“As an Egyptian woman hangs out the wash, she is as alluring as a belly dancer in whose dance the seduction is frank and direct, a sort of invitation to sex. When a woman is hanging out the wash, her appeal is subdued and coy. The woman moves as if unaware of the excitement she arouses in any man watching her. Look. When the woman puts the clothes peg in her mouth and then takes it in her two fingers to peg the wash on the line, the use of the peg is loaded with strong, sensual overtones.”
― Alaa Al Aswany

“بعض الذين عاشوا سنوات طويلة لا يسمعون من مصر إلا دوي التصفيق والهتاف، يزعجهم اليوم أن يسمعوا كلمات النقد ومقالات المعارضة”
― مصطفى أمين, تحيا الديمقراطية

“Cairo is an exploding modern metropolis which nevertheless preserves within its heart the finest medieval city in the world...”
― Michael Haag, Cairo, Luxor & Aswan

“I am dying, Egypt, dying; only
I here importune death awhile, until
Of many thousand kisses the poor last
I lay upon thy lips.”
― William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra