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“It is not a mere noble tradition which enables the Arabs to be hospitable [to guests] in so effusive a way: it is their inner freedom. They are so free of distrust of themselves that they can
easily open their lives to another man. They need none of the specious security of the walls which in the West each person builds between himself and his neighbour.” (Pg 108)
— Feb 01, 2026 07:54PM
easily open their lives to another man. They need none of the specious security of the walls which in the West each person builds between himself and his neighbour.” (Pg 108)
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Cody Gilman
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“Whenever the world was dark around me and I could not
see my way out of the dangers and difficulties that beset me, I would sit down
and compose an ode to Jawhara; and when it was finished, the world was
suddenly lighted, and I knew what I had to do.” (Pg 153)
— Feb 02, 2026 10:02PM
see my way out of the dangers and difficulties that beset me, I would sit down
and compose an ode to Jawhara; and when it was finished, the world was
suddenly lighted, and I knew what I had to do.” (Pg 153)
Cody Gilman
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“It was at this moment that I became aware how near their God and their
faith were to these people. Their prayer did not seem to be divorced from their
working day; it was part of it - not meant to help them forget life, but to
remember it better by remembering God.” (Pg 120)
— Feb 02, 2026 06:48PM
faith were to these people. Their prayer did not seem to be divorced from their
working day; it was part of it - not meant to help them forget life, but to
remember it better by remembering God.” (Pg 120)
Cody Gilman
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“all our (Europe/Europeans) machines and skyscrapers could do nothing to restore the broken wholeness of our souls” (pg 96)
— Jan 29, 2026 11:07PM
Cody Gilman
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Interesting insights on the perspective (and shortsightedness) of the Zionist project in the 1920s from pages 89-95.
— Jan 29, 2026 11:05PM
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“On the cultural side, the outcome was the creation of a human type whose morality appeared to be confined to the question of practical utility alone, and whose highest criterion of right and wrong was material success.” (Pg 70)
— Jan 29, 2026 03:13PM
Cody Gilman
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“The average European - whether democrat or communist, manual worker or intellectual- seemed to know only one positive faith: the worship of material progress, the belief that there could be no other goal in life than to make that very life continually easier or, as the current expression went, ‘independent of nature’.” (Pg. 70)
— Jan 29, 2026 03:05PM
