Intolerable Quotes

“She said one word that captured it all: ihrab, escape. I was stunned.”
― Kamal Al-Solaylee, Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes

“He found a job as an independent contract and business negotiator for a number of well-to-do Saudi families of Yemeni extraction, including the powerful dynasty of bin Laden—a name that was associated with obscene wealth long before it became a symbol of Islamic terrorism.”
― Kamal Al-Solaylee, Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes

“It's great that a Yemeni revolutionary, Tawakel Karman, won the Nobel Peace Prize and that a handful of women burnt the veil -- while fully veiled -- in an act of defiance. All that plays well in Western media and helps advance the narrative of the Arab Spring. But none of it is keeping Yemeni families safe in their beds at night.”
― Kamal Al-Solaylee, Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes

“Freedom with poverty meant more to me than money without personal choice”
― Kamal Al-Solaylee, Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes