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Timeless Tales: Folktales told by Syrian refugees

by Zulaikha Abu Risha

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“It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.”
― Desmond Tutu, God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Rumi

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“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

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“It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.”
― Angela Y. Davis, Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement

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