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Diego is Currently Reading

Diego is currently reading

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, autobiographical, journalism, middle-east, palestine

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Apr 13, 2026 12:32PM

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Gaza Writes Back

by Refaat Alareer

bookshelves: palestine, currently-reading, short-stories

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Apr 04, 2026 06:14AM

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The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi

by William C. Chittick

bookshelves: poetry, tasawwuf, currently-reading, mysticism

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Diego’s Quotes

“A MOTTO OF THE HUMAN RACE
Tell me what to do; but it must be what I want you to tell me.”
― Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

tags: psychology, sufis, sufism, wisdom

6 likes

“The vultures will make sculptures out of our flesh.”
― Mohammed El-Kurd, Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal

tags: activism, palestine

1 likes

“When in doubt, tell the truth. When in pain, listen to the wind.”
― Nanao Sakaki, Break the Mirror

tags: inspirational, pain

5 likes

“I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,

The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!”
― Hafez, The Divan

172 likes

“A Buddha doesn’t observe precepts. A Buddha doesn’t do good or evil. A Buddha isn’t energetic or lazy. A Buddha is someone who does nothing, someone who can’t even focus his mind on a Buddha. A Buddha isn’t a Buddha. Don’t think about Buddhas.”
― Bodhidharma, The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

tags: buddha, buddhism, mind, zen

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