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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
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“small things comes in big packages.*”
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“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
― Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
― Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
“We are a thick skinned people with emtpy souls. We spend our days playing dice, chess, or sleeping - and we say we are the best people that ever came to mankind?”
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“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”
― Leo Africanus
― Leo Africanus
“وكيفَ أمحوكِ مِن أوراقِ ذاكِرتي؟
وأنتِ في القلبِ مثلُ النقـشِ في الحجرِ
أنا أحِبُّـكِ .. يا مَـنْ تسكُنينَ دَمي
إنْ كُنتِ في الصّينِ أو إنْ كُنتِ في القَمَر”
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وأنتِ في القلبِ مثلُ النقـشِ في الحجرِ
أنا أحِبُّـكِ .. يا مَـنْ تسكُنينَ دَمي
إنْ كُنتِ في الصّينِ أو إنْ كُنتِ في القَمَر”
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Manel’s 2025 Year in Books
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