“Everyone wants a strong woman
until she actually stands up,
flexes her muscles,
projects her voice
Suddenly, she is too much.
She has forgotten her place.
You love those women
as ideas, fantasies
Not as breathing, living humans
threatening to be even better
than you could ever be.”
―
until she actually stands up,
flexes her muscles,
projects her voice
Suddenly, she is too much.
She has forgotten her place.
You love those women
as ideas, fantasies
Not as breathing, living humans
threatening to be even better
than you could ever be.”
―
“Zionism offered itself as the solution to anti-Semitism, but became the main reason for its continued presence.”
― Ten Myths About Israel
― Ten Myths About Israel
“معظم الرجال العرب الذين قابلتهم لهم قيمتان، واحدة في البيت و أخرى في الحياة العامة. الرجل العربي في البيت يلح على تثمين قيمته و رفعها إلى السيطرة و الزعامة. أما في الحياة العامة فإنه يتصرف وفق قدراته و ميزاته و نوع عمله. وهذا الوجهان المتناقضان غالبا ينتج عنهما أشكال لا حصر لها من الرياء و الخدا و القمع.”
― العرب: وجهة نظر يابانية
― العرب: وجهة نظر يابانية
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