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Orientalism
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"Wow. Edward focuses on the origins of orientalism, and how the west views the “Oriental” as passive and unable to think for himself, or govern himself, justifying all the colonization occurrences in the last 3 centuries. Also it’s funny how the west just defines us textually but once our actions deviate from what they described then it’s Islam vs non Islam. Anyway,i can’t read books the same way ever again." Jan 08, 2026 01:27PM

 
Muhammad: His Lif...
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Arabs: A 3,000-Ye...
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"I find myself deeply offended when Tim starts to talk about how the Arabs are ironically the people who least heeded the message of unity in Islam. The unattainable mirage. How Arabic is not even a spoken language anymore, there isn’t even a country that speaks it daily, but only in speeches or official documents. It’s sad. Anywayyyyy, moving on 🥹" May 01, 2023 03:25PM

 
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مصطفى لطفي المنفلوطي
“الحرية شمسٌ يجب أن تشرق في كل نفسٍ، فمن عاش محروماً منها عاش فى ظلمة حالكة يتصل أولها بظلمة الرحم وآخرها بظلمة القبر”
مصطفى لطفي المنفلوطي

Paul Auster
“All men contain several men inside them, and most of us bounce from one self to another without ever knowing who we are.”
Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

Paul Auster
“Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.”
Paul Auster

رابعة العدوية
“عَرَفْتُ الهَوى مُذ عَرَفْتُ هواك
وأغْلَقْتُ قَلْبي عَلىٰ مَنْ عَاداكْ
وقُمْتُ اُناجِيـكَ يا مَن تـَرىٰ
خَفايا القُلُوبِ ولَسْنا نراك
أحِبُكَ حُبَيْنِ حُبَ الهَـوىٰ
وحُبْــاً لأنَكَ أهْـل ٌ لـِذَاك
فأما الذي هُوَ حُبُ الهَوىٰ
فَشُغْلِي بذِكْرِكَ عَمَنْ سـِواكْ
وامّـا الذي أنْتَ أهلٌ لَهُ
فَلَسْتُ أرىٰ الكَوْنِ حَتىٰ أراكْ
فلا الحَمْدُ في ذا ولا ذاكَ لي
ولكنْ لكَ الحَمْدُ فِي ذا وذاك”
رابعة العدوية

مصطفى لطفي المنفلوطي
“حسبك من السعادة , ضمير نقي , ونفس هادئة , وقلب شريف .”
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