Mariam

“Question: If the beast is already in your house, does that make the wilderness safer?”
― Noor Naga, If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

“No ruler in the history of the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince ever says, 'This is my budget, so this is the kind of war I can have.”
― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

“What if female arousal is just the belief that you will not die at this mans hands?”
― Noor Naga, If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

“I return to English as if to the arms of a lover and feel instantly safe and indigenous there. What are borders, anyway? Just lines in the sand. What are citizens? Just people fucking within the same lines in the sand - and their children and then their children”
― Noor Naga, If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English