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“In the 1970s, while researching in the Library of Congress, I found an obscure history of religious architecture that assumed a fact as if it were common knowledge: the traditional design of most patriarchal buildings of worship imitates the female body. Thus, there is an outer and inner entrance, labia majora and labia minora; a central vaginal aisle toward the altar; two curved ovarian structures on either side; and then in the sacred center, the altar or womb, where the miracle takes place - where males gives birth.
Though this comparison was new to to me, it struck home like a rock down a well. Of course, I thought. The central ceremony of patriarchal religions is one in which men take over the yoni-power of creation by giving birth symbolically. No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sin - because we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life. No wonder the male priesthood tries to keep women away from the altar, just as women are kept away from control of our own powers of reproduction. Symbolic or real, it's all devoted to controlling the power that resides in the female body.”
― The Vagina Monologues
Though this comparison was new to to me, it struck home like a rock down a well. Of course, I thought. The central ceremony of patriarchal religions is one in which men take over the yoni-power of creation by giving birth symbolically. No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sin - because we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life. No wonder the male priesthood tries to keep women away from the altar, just as women are kept away from control of our own powers of reproduction. Symbolic or real, it's all devoted to controlling the power that resides in the female body.”
― The Vagina Monologues
“people go but how they left always stays”
― Milk and honey
― Milk and honey
“ومن الحماقة الحمقاء والجهالة الجهلاء أن يحاول محاول إحصاء الأيام والليالي وهي تتابع ويقفو بعضها بعضا، لا يدري أحد متى ابتدأت ولا يعلم أحد متى تنتهي.. فليس إلى إحصاء هذه الحوادث من سبيل حين تحدث لفرد واحد، فكيف بها حين تحدث لأسرة كبيرة أو صغيرة، وكيف بها حين تحدث لمدينة من المدن أو إقليم من الأقاليم أو جيل من أجيال الناس! فهي متنوعة كثيرة التنوع، مختلفة عظيمة الاختلاف، يعظم بعضها ويجل خطره حتى يصبح له في حياة الفرد والجماعة أبعد الأثر. ويهون بعضها ويدق شأنه حتى لا يحفل به حافل ولا يلتفت إليه ملتفت، وهو مع ذلك خيط مهما يكن دقيقاً هين الشأن فله مكانه ذو الخطر في هذا النسيج الذي ينسجه مر الأيام وكــــر الليالي والذي نسميه الحياة.. فالخير أن نطوي من ذلك كله ما يجب أن يطوى، وألا نقف من ذلك كله إلا عند ما يستحق أن نقف عنده ونفكر فيه... ونحن مع ذلك لا نحسن التفريق بين الحادثة ذات الأثر البعيد والحادثة التي ليس لها أثر قريب أو بعيد، وإنما نحن نقدر الأيام والحوادث كما نستطيع وكما يصور لنا العقل والخيل. فأما تقديرها كما ينبغي أن تقدر، وتصويرها كما يجب أن تصور فذلك شيء أكاد أعتقد أنه أبعد منالاً من أن يبلغه طمع الطامعين وطموح الطامحين.....”
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“فمصر بدون حضور ونفوذ ونشاط مثقَّفيها ومُتعلِّميها ليست إلا واديًا يعجُّ بالفقر والشُّحِّ المائي والتكدُّس السكاني والعصبية الطائفية، وشعبًا غالبيَّتُه من بسطاء القوم، الذين لا صوت لهم ولا ناظِمَ لحركاتهم وطموحاتهم”
― تاريخ العصامية والجربعة: تأملات نقدية في الاجتماع السياسي الحديث
― تاريخ العصامية والجربعة: تأملات نقدية في الاجتماع السياسي الحديث
“This constant reference to genius is another characteristic of the pseudo-scholar. He loves mentioning genius, because the sound of the word exempts him from discovering its meaning.”
― Aspects of the Novel
― Aspects of the Novel
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