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“علمتني حياة الكتابةأن أرتاب من الكلمات، فأكثرها شفافيةً غالباً ما يكون أكثرها خيانةً”
― أمين معلوف, الهويات القاتلة

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“إن وسائل الإعلام هي اليد اليمنى للفوضى”
― دان براون, Angels & Demons

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“Although I have always rejected this fear of the other, and the racism that it inevitably fuels, I have learned from experience that it is a deeply rooted need in the human psyche. at the slightest provocation we will put distance between ourselves and those we cannot or do not want to understand”
― Susan Nathan, The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide

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“إن المجتمعات الواثقة من نفسها تنعكس في ديانة واثقة ومطمئنة ومنفتحة, وتنعكس المجتمعات القلقة في ديانة خائفة ومتزمتة وغاضبة. تنعكس المجتمعات الديناميكية في إسلام ديناميكي مبدع خلاق, وتنعكس المجتمعات الجامدة في اسلام جامد يثور لاقل تغيير.”
― Amin Maalouf, In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

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