223 Quotes About Arabic

  • Author Khaled Khalifa
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    La vita dona sempre un'occasione meravigliosa per prenderti gioco dei tuoi nemici, se ce l'hai fatta ad uscire vivo dalle loro mani.

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  • Author Najwan Darwish
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    Eight centuries have passedlike a nap in the late afternoonmy throat is chokedwith words I cannot speak(from The Last Soldier's Words to Saladin)

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  • Author Najwan Darwish
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    "Who Remembers the Armenians?"I remember themand I ride the nightmare bus with themeach nightand my coffee, this morningI'm drinking it with themYou, murderer - Who remembers you?

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  • Author Najwan Darwish
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    Armenian CognacA bottle of cognac from Yerevanis on my kitchen tableas closed as that historyand as silentIf I broke it down I'd lose a hundred yearsof loveand if I opened it the ancestorshanging here in black and whitewould come down from the wallsto have a glass with meI know a history that's been forgottenand I know why that bottle of cognacstands with such singular pride....If I broke it now I'd lose a hundred years of my people's history

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  • Author Najwan Darwish
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    An Opera for Kamal BoullataIf I were one of those musicianswho penned grand Italian operaswhere the notes, like clogsstrike all the chordsof Mediterraneans like usI would compose oneand dedicate it to youYet sadly these shrill wordsare all I have for you

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  • Author Najwan Darwish
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    Just like you, my country cannot hear me:She's made of bronzeand Ican no longer reach her heart(from Thoughts on the Statue of Talaat Harb)

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