The Beekeeper Quotes

“Trees don’t ask why they don’t move from place to place, nor do they ask any other meaningless questions. But their branches tremble when the birds leave them,”
― Dunya Mikhail, The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq

“Her dress exploded,
the flowers scattered in the air,
the colours popped up high like fireworks in a celebration,
but: no sound could be heard,
no sound...”
― Dunya Mikhail, The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq

“In the Arab world, censorship follows speech.
In America, censorship precedes speech.”
― Dunya Mikhail, The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq