Menna Alaa

“لن أنجو من السياسة وتوابعها ولو أغلقت علىّ بابى؛ ستجىء إلىّ وإن لم أذهب إليها. لا يوجد مكان محايد، لا يوجد ملاذ.”
― عزالدين شكري فشير, باب الخروج: رسالة علي المفعمة ببهجة غير متوقعة

“Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking.
Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpetings, and farewells him with hootings, only to welcome another ruler with trumpetings again.
Pity the nation whose sages are dumb with years and whose strong men are yet in the cradle.
Pity the nation divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation.”
― Khalil Gibran