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“Pain is a prerequisite for growth”
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“The death of a memory is agonizing. It's an extraction of a thread in the brain that happens slowly over time with nothing to numb the pain”
― The Next New Syrian Girl
― The Next New Syrian Girl
“Islam fused religion and politics, mosque and state could never be separated, and so Arabs were all but doomed to choose between secular strongmen and religious extremists.”
― Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East
― Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East
“Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.”
― Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen: Egypt's Road to Revolt
― Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen: Egypt's Road to Revolt
“Without the protection of the law, each of us falls back on the protection of his tribe.”
― Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East
― Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East
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