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this is taking me forever to read omgg but it's so interesting

“For since he is so sensitive to the nuances of words, he must be aware that his words have nuances as well.”

So many notes and great ideas in singular pages…

“This was what the Arab had become. From a faintly outlined stereotype as a camel-riding nomad to an accepted caricature as the embodiment of incompetence and easy defeat: that was all the scope given the Arab.”

“The more one is able to leave one’s cultural home, the more easily one is able to judge it, and the whole world as well, with the spiritual detachment and generosity necessary for true vision.”