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الجريمة والعقاب 1 (أعمال دوستويفسكي الأدبية، #8)

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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القاهرة وما فيها: حكايات، أمكنة، أزمنة

by Mekkawi Said

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شرفات بحر الشمال

by Waciny Laredj

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Bassem’s Quotes

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

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“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
― Franz Kafka

tags: beauty, wonder, young-at-heart, youth, youthfulness

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“سوف أكتب رغم كل شيء، سوف أكتب على أي حال. إنه كفاحي من أجل المحافظة على الذات.”
― فرانز كافكا, الآثار الكاملة مع تفسيراتها: الجزء الأول - (الأسرة) يضم: الحكم ، الوقاد ، الانمساخ ، رسالة إلى الوالد

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“A First Sign of the Beginning of Understanding is the Wish to Die.”
― Franz Kafka

tags: absurd

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مجتمع قراءة، هانتجمع كل إسبوع أو أسبوعين كل واحد معاه كتابه فى أماكن واسعة ومفتوحة مش مكتبة. الهدف مش بس إننا نقرأ لكن كمان نشجع ناس أكتر انها تيجى تق ...more

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