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"This reading has been a great joy. It's beyond lovely. The character of the book is the author exploring the culture, land and qualities of a people far from his own" — Jan 12, 2026 04:20PM
"This reading has been a great joy. It's beyond lovely. The character of the book is the author exploring the culture, land and qualities of a people far from his own" — Jan 12, 2026 04:20PM
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"We hear from Sa'd ibn Jubair (d. 714), 'In the lectures of ibn Abbas, I used to write on my page; when it was filled, I wrote on the upper leather of my shoes, and then on my hand'; and 'My father used to say to me, "Learn by heart, but attend above all to writing, when you come home from lectures write, and if you fall into need or your memory fails you, you have your books"'." — Aug 11, 2023 10:00AM
"We hear from Sa'd ibn Jubair (d. 714), 'In the lectures of ibn Abbas, I used to write on my page; when it was filled, I wrote on the upper leather of my shoes, and then on my hand'; and 'My father used to say to me, "Learn by heart, but attend above all to writing, when you come home from lectures write, and if you fall into need or your memory fails you, you have your books"'." — Aug 11, 2023 10:00AM
“إن الذين يعرفون أسباب آلامهم وأحزانهم غير أشقياء .يعيشون بالأمل ويحيون بالرجاء , أما أنا فشقية لأني لا أعرف لي داء فأعالجه , ولا يوم شفاء فأرجوه”
― ماجدولين
― ماجدولين
“Bit by bit, the uprising that had brought out the best in Syrians and projected their aspirations and yearnings was vanishing as pain, vengefulness, and war took over. It was yet another page from the playbook of Hafez as well as all the despots who clung desperately to power at the start of the Arab Spring: civil war is acceptable and even desirable to defend the leader.”
― Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
― Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
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