“I should have said it again, that her embroidery was more special than any desk job could be, that she was an artist, that western images of professional women don't have to apply to us, that concepts of respectability and modernity are manufactured.”
― Against the Loveless World
― Against the Loveless World
“Americans are the devil,” she said.”
― Against the Loveless World
― Against the Loveless World
“Although Kuwait never allowed us more than temporary residency—making it clear we were always guests—Palestinians prospered and had a major hand in building Kuwait as the world knows it now.”
― Against the Loveless World
― Against the Loveless World
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