Marian

“Yet once this “dead element,” the haïk, is wedded to the resistance, it ceases to be a sign of “modesty” or women’s subordination; on the contrary, it expresses an attitude of cultural rebellion,”
― Adam Shatz, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

“While the veil was worn by many Algerian women, he acknowledged, “because tradition demanded a rigid separation of the sexes,” it was also worn “because the occupier was bent on unveiling Algeria.” It was a protection from the occupier’s aggressive attempts to possess women, to make them visible to the male European gaze.”
― Adam Shatz, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

“As it turned out, Fanon would aid the FLN inside Algeria not as a fighter, but as a doctor. But to make himself useful, he first needed to establish contact with this clandestine and highly secretive organization.”
― Adam Shatz, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

“One of the myths about cancer is that it triggers bravery and heroism and larger-than-life qualities amplified against the bleak backdrop. But bravery can be confused with denial.”
― Carole Radziwill, What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love