--- title: "9 Arab Culture Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Arab Culture quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Arab Culture sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/yasmine-hamdan-10027_arab_i-don-t-think-there-is-only-one-arab-cul_387902.jpg" --- > [I don't think there is only one Arab culture or a pure Arabness. We are very multiple, especially our generation, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/i-don-t-think-there-is-only-one-arab-culture-or-a-pure-arabness-we/) [Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/yasmine-hamdan-10027_arab_i-don-t-think-there-is-only-one-arab-cul_387902.jpg) > [To say that there is patriarchy in Arab culture is not denying women agency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/to-say-that-there-is-patriarchy-in-arab-culture-is-not-denying-women/) [Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/mona-eltahawy-4721_agency_to-say-that-there-is-patriarchy-in-arab_2073070.jpg) > [Arabic is the language of the Qur'an, but Arab culture is not the culture of Islam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ramadan/arabic-is-the-language-of-the-qur-an-but-arab-culture-is-not-the/) [Tariq Ramadan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ramadan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/tariq-ramadan-877_arab_arabic-is-the-language-of-the-qur-an-but_2821302.png) > [I don't relate to what is seen as 'Arab culture.' I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/i-don-t-relate-to-what-is-seen-as-arab-culture-i-relate-to-what-i/) [Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/yasmine-hamdan-10027_arab_i-don-t-relate-to-what-is-seen-as-arab-c_3048215.jpg) > [Acceptance of race mixture was more developed in Arab culture than in Jewish culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-mazrui/acceptance-of-race-mixture-was-more-developed-in-arab-culture-than-in/) [Ali Mazrui](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-mazrui/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/ali-mazrui-80647_acceptance_acceptance-of-race-mixture-was-more-deve_1173422.png) > [I really only respect the Arab culture. I ain't really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/busta-rhymes/i-really-only-respect-the-arab-culture-i-ain-t-really-trying-to-pay/) [Busta Rhymes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/busta-rhymes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/busta-rhymes-5213_arab_i-really-only-respect-the-arab-culture-i_2762339.jpg) > [I believe Western culture -- rule of law, universal suffrage, etc. -- is preferable to Arab culture: that's why there are millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/i-believe-western-culture-rule-of-law-universal-suffrage-etc-is/) [Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/mark-steyn-1844_assimilation_i-believe-western-culture-rule-of-law-un_2455954.jpg) > [In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/youssou-n-dour/in-the-west-you-have-always-associated-the-islamic-faith-100-percent/) [Youssou N'Dour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/youssou-n-dour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/youssou-n-dour-17420_attitude_in-the-west-you-have-always-associated-t_2371476.png) > [For so long, Arab culture has been misconceived by the western mindset as exotic, or more recently, as dangerous, so spaces like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/munira-mirza/for-so-long-arab-culture-has-been-misconceived-by-the-western-mindset/) [Munira Mirza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/munira-mirza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a9/munira-mirza-6468_arab_for-so-long-arab-culture-has-been-miscon_2681861.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab-culture/#itemlist", "name": "Arab Culture Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think there is only one Arab culture or a pure Arabness. 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