“It was a habit—that’s what it was called—not a veil. But then they kicked the habit.” — Alaa Alghamdi Habit Copy Share Image
“No, said Maryam. “It doesn’t limit my participation in the world.” — Alaa Alghamdi Participation Copy Share Image
“Those less motivated students kept their activities and their preferences so obscure.” — Alaa Alghamdi Education Copy Share Image
“It was a choice between something more and not something more.” — Alaa Alghamdi Choice Copy Share Image
“We have to make our right Wherever we are, out of whatever is there.” — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“when she looked at him here in the dusk, her first and overwhelming desire, if one could call it that, was to… — Alaa Alghamdi Dusk Copy Share Image
“People just begin to fall apart, and it’s hard for anyone else, anyone on the outside, to hold them together.” — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“How nice it was when expressions and idioms really echoed actual fact , and became literal , as well as figurative ,… — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“Christian women also, at one time, covered their heads—not just nuns but all women when they entered churches, until quite recently.” — Alaa Alghamdi Christian women Copy Share Image
“I always find something to enjoy. If not the story, then the scenery or the costumes. There’s always something good about it.” — Alaa Alghamdi Scenery Copy Share Image
“Looking pretty,” said Wilson. “Like you. Maryam flushed. She draped her green silk scarf more firmly around her neck, wishing for a… — Alaa Alghamdi Looking pretty Copy Share Image
“The most amoral man could write a brilliant literary work. The freedom to express and create what he chose was the relevant… — Alaa Alghamdi Books Copy Share Image
“The logical conclusion of any political expansion surely was equally detrimental, equally devastating, if and when it happened to be successful?” — Alaa Alghamdi Politics Copy Share Image
“From other Muslim women she saw, although they were similarly uncovered, she felt waves of cynical disapproval. Their stony expressions seemed to… — Alaa Alghamdi Islam Copy Share Image
“When did that higher, more spiritual conviction become something craven and greedy? And then again when did that greed transform itself into… — Alaa Alghamdi Faith Copy Share Image
“It’s when life starts going wrong, when things start being horrible ,that you first realize that life isn’t like anything in a… — Alaa Alghamdi Book Copy Share Image
“Their bodies were tanned, toned, and golden. From where had come the notion that the British were all pale and pasty-looking? …… — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“Their presence here, however, was an act of imperialism. Was she complicit in it by being grateful and partaking? The worse thing… — Alaa Alghamdi Imperialism Copy Share Image
“Jerusalem, ----How cruel it was, after all, that the geographical center of their faith was not actually located within the confines of… — Alaa Alghamdi Faith Copy Share Image
“We go chasing after love. We are thwarted, interrupted from our own path, our own plan.” — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“In the end, it’s pointless. All they’re ever looking for is their Hollywood love story.” — Alaa Alghamdi Love story Copy Share Image
“Saudi girls stay home, or they get good jobs or good educations.” — Alaa Alghamdi Education Copy Share Image
“When in Rome, do as the Romans. That was not just friendly advice. That was survival.” — Alaa Alghamdi Romans Copy Share Image
“It’s only literature, I know, but it does something, or at least it says something.” — Alaa Alghamdi Books Copy Share Image
“As a teacher, I do not only explain concepts; my job is to inspire too.” — Alaa Alghamdi Education Copy Share Image
“Jerusalem, How cruel it was, after all, That the geographical center of their faith was not actually located within the confines of… — Alaa Alghamdi Christianity Copy Share Image
“What did it matter? Didn’t she have as much right to wear a head scarf? The girl’s accent was English.” — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“The place would welcome you back in five days or in five years or in fifty or, for that matter, if such… — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“We must always remember that our cultural figures are not the guardians of our morality. We must guard that for ourselves.” — Alaa Alghamdi Character Copy Share Image
“You needed experience in order to get a job, so, in effect, you needed experience in order to gain experience. Those who… — Alaa Alghamdi Experience Copy Share Image
