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رحلتي الفكرية في البذور والجذور والثمر: سيرة غير ذاتية غير موضوعية

by Abdelwahab M. Elmessiri

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خارج المكان

by Edward W. Said

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"كم هي هشةٌ هذ الطفولة مثل بشرةٍ رقيقة وكم هي قاسيةٌ ظروفها وإن لم تقصَد مثل وسم في الروح لا يمحى." — May 21, 2017 04:53AM

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فن التخلي

by عبدالله ناصر (Goodreads Author)

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"يارب قلبي لم يعد صالحًا." — Apr 29, 2017 01:58PM

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Alaa’s Quotes

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

tags: democracy, equality, government, misattributed

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“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

tags: animal-farm, animals, closing-line, man, satirical

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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