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Manel Manel said: " Just like any of Salih's books, I couldn't put down this one either. Im not sure what made me feel so close to the characters, maybe being an immigrant child myself. Maybe because it sounded a lot like those ancestral stories my great-grandma would t ...more "

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Assia Djebar
“small things comes in big packages.*”
Assia Djebar

Amin Maalouf
“But I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road, my country is the caravan, my life the most unexpected of voyages.”
Amin Maalouf, Leo Africanus

Amin Maalouf
“Lorsque l'esprit des hommes te paraîtra étroit, dis-toi que la terre de Dieu est vaste, et vastes Ses mains et Son coeur. N'hésite jamais à t'éloigner, au delà de toutes les mers, au-delà de toutes les frontières, de toutes les patries, de toutes les croyances”
Amin Maalouf, Leo Africanus

نزار قباني
“أدمنت احزاني
فصرت اخاف ان لا احزنا
I got addicted to my sorrows,
Until I have gotten scared of not being sorrowed.

وطعنت آلافا من المرات
حتى صار يوجعني بان لا اطعنا
And I was stabbed thousands of times,
Until it felt painful not to be stabbed.

ولعنت في كل اللغات
حتى صار يقلقني بان لا العنا
And I was cursed in all the languages,
Until I started being nervous of not being cursed.

ولقد تشابهت كل البلاد
فلا ارى نفسي هناك، ولا ارى نفسي هنا
And all the countries seemed the same,
That I don't see myself there, And I don't see myself here.”
Nizar Qabbani

Amin Maalouf
“Peut-être faudra-t-il que quelqu’un ose leur apprendre à regarder la défaite dans les yeux, ose leur expliquer que pour se relever il faut d’abord admettre qu’on est à terre. Peut-être faudra-t-il que quelqu’un leur dise la vérité un jour.”
Amin Maalouf, Leo Africanus

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