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“When faced with the myth, the questions to ask are not about women's faces and bodies but about the power relations of the situation. Who is this serving? Who says? Who profits? When someone discusses a woman's appearance to her face, she can ask herself, is it that person's business? Are the power relations equal? Would she feel comfortable making the same personal comments in return?”
― The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
― The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
“ذلك المنظر يوحي لي بالأبدية... ويذكرني بأنني عابرة على نافذة دمشق كما عبر سواي في آلاف السنين.. أعي أنني صغيرة وهشة وحياتي ومضة في سماء "الشام"، وتصغر في عيني همومي وتتخذ حجمها الطبيعي. وبعدما أتوهم كسواي أن العالم كله يجثم على صدري وكتفي، أشعر أمام عظمة دمشق أن أفراحي وأتراحي حبة رمل على شاطئها الشاسع وتغمر الطمأنينة قلبي على الرغم من كل شيء.”
― يا دمشق وداعًا - فسيفساء التمرد
― يا دمشق وداعًا - فسيفساء التمرد
“It was like being part of a wave of water,” she says. “A wave of spray from the ocean feels powerful, but it is only there for a moment, the sun dries the puddles and the water is gone. Then you feel maybe it never happened. That is how it was with us. The only wave that changes anything is a tsunami. You have to tear down the houses and destroy the land if you want to be sure no one will forget you.”
― The Power
― The Power
“الحياة فيلم قصير لكل منا فيه دوره الذي يؤديه ويرحل، وعلى المرء، حين تقع فوق رأسه مصيبة ما، أن يردد في سره: فيلم قصير...فيلم قصير... فيلم قصير...”
― النوم في حقل الكرز
― النوم في حقل الكرز
“When a woman looks at a man, she can physically dislike the idea of his height, his coloring, his shape. But after she has liked him and loved him, she would not want him to look any other way: For many women, the body appears to grow beautiful and erotic as they grow to like the person in it. The actual body, the smell, the feel, the voice and movement, becomes charged with heat through the desirable person who animates it.”
― The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
― The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
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