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Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov

by Anton Chekhov

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شوق الدرويش

by Hammour Ziada

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كلاب الراعي

by Ashraf El-Ashmawi

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“إنتو كلاب الحاكم
وإحنا الطير
إنتو التوقيف
وأحنا السير.
إنتوا لصوص القوت
واحنا بنبني بيوت
إحنا الصوت
ساعة متحبوا الدنيا سكوت”
― عبد الرحمن الأبنودي

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“Masters are great but books are better. He who has a library has a thousand teachers. Your Prophet said, “Seek lore, even if it be in China.” Mine said, “God created us because He wanted to be known.” Ignorant men think we are here to fight and make wars and to couple and have children. Nay, our job is to expand our knowledge.”
― Elif Shafak, The Architect's Apprentice

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“ولما لم تكن لدي جذور في أي مكان، أصبح لدي العالم كله أطوف في أرجائه.”
― إليف شافاق, The Forty Rules of Love

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“واذا كنت لوحدي دلوقت
بكره مع الوقت
حتزور الزنزانه دي اجيال
واكيد فيه جيل
أوصافه غير نفس الاوصاف:
إن شاف يوعى
وإن وعي ما يخاف”
― عبد الرحمن الأبنودي

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“there were three fountains of wisdom from which every artisan should drink abundantly: books, work and roads. Reading, practising and travelling.”
― Elif Shafak, The Architect's Apprentice

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