Dina Abdalla

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“In newsreels or news-photos, the Arab is always shown in large numbers. No individuality, no personal characteristics or experiences. Most of the pictures represent mass rage and misery, or irrational (hence hopelessly eccentric) gestures. Lurking behind all of these images is the menace of jihad. Consequence: a fear that the Muslims (or Arabs) will take over the world.”
― Edward W. Said, Orientalism

“اللهم امنحني السكينة لأتقبل الأشياء التي لا أستطيع تغييرها، والشجاعة لتغيير الأشياء التي أستطيع تغييرها والحكمة لمعرفة الفرق بينهما.”
― عصام يوسف

“Man, in the traditional sense of the term corresponding to insān in Arabic or homo in Greek and not solely the male, is seen in Islam not as a sinful being to whom the message of Heaven is sent to heal the wound of the original sin, but as a being who still carries his primordial nature (al-fitrah) within himself, although he has forgotten that nature now buried deep under layers of negligence.”
― Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity