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Omar Khaled
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“People who wade into discomfort and vulnerability and tell the truth about their stories are the real badasses.”
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
― Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
“تحرك. السجن هنا. وهناك. لا مفر.. أنت ولدت له. كأنفك. كأذنك.
هذا هو منتهى القدرة، وكل ما وصلت إليه الأحلام.. إنها النهاية. السور الأسود الذي كنت تخشى الارتطام به، إنه يقترب.. عشت طول حياتك والسجن قائم والعجز قائم. الأسوار هنا مغروزة في اللحم.. نصف الأحلام في الخارج ونصفها تمزق على السور الشائك.. نصف ما أريد هنا. والصف الآخر أكله القطار السريع.. الفضيحة قادمة.. وكل التماثيل تتكسر.”
― القاهرة
هذا هو منتهى القدرة، وكل ما وصلت إليه الأحلام.. إنها النهاية. السور الأسود الذي كنت تخشى الارتطام به، إنه يقترب.. عشت طول حياتك والسجن قائم والعجز قائم. الأسوار هنا مغروزة في اللحم.. نصف الأحلام في الخارج ونصفها تمزق على السور الشائك.. نصف ما أريد هنا. والصف الآخر أكله القطار السريع.. الفضيحة قادمة.. وكل التماثيل تتكسر.”
― القاهرة
“Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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“I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
among the branches of the perfect trees.
All night I heard the small kingdoms
breathing around me, the insects,
and the birds who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water,
grappling with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.”
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she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
among the branches of the perfect trees.
All night I heard the small kingdoms
breathing around me, the insects,
and the birds who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water,
grappling with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.”
―
Omar’s 2025 Year in Books
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