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Malcolm X
“Tell him that he and all of the other moderate Negroes who are getting somewhere need to always remember that it was us extremists who made it possible.”
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley
“I read aimlessly, until I learned to read selectively, with a purpose. - Malcom X”
Alex Haley , The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Caroline Finkel
“To understand those who are culturally and historically different from us – rather than resorting to such labels as ‘evil empire’, ‘fundamentalist’ and ‘terrorist’ to mask our ignorance – is a matter of urgency. The greatest hubris is to ask why ‘they’ are not like ‘us’, to accept our cultural biases lazily and without question, and to frame the problem in terms of ‘what went wrong?”
Caroline Finkel, Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

Susan Abulhawa
“No one had ever kissed me with such love, and it occurred to me that happiness can reach such depths that it becomes something akin to grief.”
Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World

Caroline Finkel
“He saw that a moon arose from the holy man’s breast and came to sink in his own breast. A tree then sprouted from his navel and its shade compassed the world. Beneath this shade there were mountains, and streams flowed forth from the foot of each mountain. Some people drank from these running waters, others watered gardens, while yet others caused fountains to flow. When Osman awoke he told the story to the holy man, who said ‘Osman, my son, congratulations, for God has given the imperial office to you and your descendants and my daughter Malhun shall be your wife’.”
Caroline Finkel, Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

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