“A place is not only a geographical area; it's also a state of mind. And trees are not just trees, they are the ribs of childhood.”
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“Strangers are known by the disconnected way they gaze in the water, by their introversion and their hesitant walk.
Natives proceed with direct steps toward a clear goal.
A stranger walks in rounds, bewildered.”
― Almond Blossoms and Beyond. Trans. By Mohammad Shaheen
Natives proceed with direct steps toward a clear goal.
A stranger walks in rounds, bewildered.”
― Almond Blossoms and Beyond. Trans. By Mohammad Shaheen
“I sang in order to feel the wasted horizon in the pain of a
dove
not to explain what God says to man
I'm no prophet
I don't proclaim that my fall is an ascent”
― Mural
dove
not to explain what God says to man
I'm no prophet
I don't proclaim that my fall is an ascent”
― Mural
“They wrote their narrative: We have returned. They wrote our narrative: They have returned to the desert. They put us on trial: Why were you born here? We said: Why was Adam born in paradise?”
― In the Presence of Absence
― In the Presence of Absence
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