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"Still reading but I don't like the magic. It feels like it's trying hard to straddle the fence between reality and staying within the boundaries of Islam while adding elements of fantasy to liven up the book and honestly? I'm not a fan. Parts of the book describing the magic are just straight up kufr. If you want to write a magical realism book, don't make the focus on the character's identity as a Muslim woman..." — 11 hours, 18 min ago
"Still reading but I don't like the magic. It feels like it's trying hard to straddle the fence between reality and staying within the boundaries of Islam while adding elements of fantasy to liven up the book and honestly? I'm not a fan. Parts of the book describing the magic are just straight up kufr. If you want to write a magical realism book, don't make the focus on the character's identity as a Muslim woman..." — 11 hours, 18 min ago
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"Will pick this back up eventually... Gotta get in the right headspace for a book this long." — Apr 15, 2025 05:51AM
"Will pick this back up eventually... Gotta get in the right headspace for a book this long." — Apr 15, 2025 05:51AM
“إختاري
إني خيرتك فاختاري
ما بين الموت على صدري..
أو فوق دفاتر أشعاري..
إختاري الحب.. أو اللاحب
فجبنٌ ألا تختاري..
لا توجد منطقةٌ وسطى
ما بين الجنة والنار..
إرمي أوراقك كاملةً..
وسأرضى عن أي قرار..
قولي. إنفعلي. إنفجري
لا تقفي مثل المسمار..
لا يمكن أن أبقى أبداً
كالقشة تحت الأمطار
إختاري قدراً بين اثنين
وما أعنفها أقداري..
مرهقةٌ أنت.. وخائفةٌ
وطويلٌ جداً.. مشواري
غوصي في البحر.. أو ابتعدي
لا بحرٌ من غير دوار..
الحب مواجهةٌ كبرى
إبحارٌ ضد التيار
صلبٌ.. وعذابٌ.. ودموعٌ
ورحيلٌ بين الأقمار..
يقتلني جبنك يا امرأةً
تتسلى من خلف ستار..
إني لا أؤمن في حبٍ..
لا يحمل نزق الثوار..
لا يكسر كل الأسوار
لا يضرب مثل الإعصار..
آهٍ.. لو حبك يبلعني
يقلعني.. مثل الإعصار..
إني خيرتك.. فاختاري
ما بين الموت على صدري
أو فوق دفاتر أشعاري
لا توجد منطقةٌ وسطى
ما بين الجنة والنار..”
―
إني خيرتك فاختاري
ما بين الموت على صدري..
أو فوق دفاتر أشعاري..
إختاري الحب.. أو اللاحب
فجبنٌ ألا تختاري..
لا توجد منطقةٌ وسطى
ما بين الجنة والنار..
إرمي أوراقك كاملةً..
وسأرضى عن أي قرار..
قولي. إنفعلي. إنفجري
لا تقفي مثل المسمار..
لا يمكن أن أبقى أبداً
كالقشة تحت الأمطار
إختاري قدراً بين اثنين
وما أعنفها أقداري..
مرهقةٌ أنت.. وخائفةٌ
وطويلٌ جداً.. مشواري
غوصي في البحر.. أو ابتعدي
لا بحرٌ من غير دوار..
الحب مواجهةٌ كبرى
إبحارٌ ضد التيار
صلبٌ.. وعذابٌ.. ودموعٌ
ورحيلٌ بين الأقمار..
يقتلني جبنك يا امرأةً
تتسلى من خلف ستار..
إني لا أؤمن في حبٍ..
لا يحمل نزق الثوار..
لا يكسر كل الأسوار
لا يضرب مثل الإعصار..
آهٍ.. لو حبك يبلعني
يقلعني.. مثل الإعصار..
إني خيرتك.. فاختاري
ما بين الموت على صدري
أو فوق دفاتر أشعاري
لا توجد منطقةٌ وسطى
ما بين الجنة والنار..”
―
“... by destroying a culture’s art, you destroy the people. (...) If you erase every reminder of their history,
their symbology, everything everything that made them special and distinct in this world, then you can make those people forget who they really
are. And that’s what conquerors truly want. (...)
Because only after that can the conquerors get down to the business of really taking over. Of substituting
their own history, their own symbols, their own meaning, on another. Of casting the conquered as outsiders in their own land. (...)
Sure there are other things that go—language, clothes, food. But people have to eat. They have to clothe themselves. They need to talk. Those things can take
generations to eradicate. Art on the other hand is wrongly seen as a luxury, easily stolen without consequence. But those baubles you’re talking about are far more valuable than money. And don’t you believe for a second that the people buying
and selling them don’t understand that better than anyone else.”
― Jake
their symbology, everything everything that made them special and distinct in this world, then you can make those people forget who they really
are. And that’s what conquerors truly want. (...)
Because only after that can the conquerors get down to the business of really taking over. Of substituting
their own history, their own symbols, their own meaning, on another. Of casting the conquered as outsiders in their own land. (...)
Sure there are other things that go—language, clothes, food. But people have to eat. They have to clothe themselves. They need to talk. Those things can take
generations to eradicate. Art on the other hand is wrongly seen as a luxury, easily stolen without consequence. But those baubles you’re talking about are far more valuable than money. And don’t you believe for a second that the people buying
and selling them don’t understand that better than anyone else.”
― Jake
“The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have someone write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was.”
― The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
― The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
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