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title: "2 Arab spring Quotes By Hisham Matar"
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> [The Arab Spring, with all of its failings and failures, exposed the lie that if we are to live, then we must live as slaves. It was an attempt to undermine not only the orthodoxy of dictatorship but also an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/the-arab-spring-with-all-of-its-failings-and-failures-exposed-the-lie/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/hisham-matar-4118_arab-spring_the-arab-spring-with-all-of-its-failings_1470147.jpg)

> [The Arab Spring is a powerful and compelling response not only to an age of tyranny but also to the remnant chains of imperial influence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/the-arab-spring-is-a-powerful-and-compelling-response-not-only-to-an/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/hisham-matar-4118_age_the-arab-spring-is-a-powerful-and-compel_1483445.png)

## Other authors on Arab spring

- [Jamal Khashoggi 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab-spring/jamal-khashoggi/)

## More by Hisham Matar

> [There and then, sitting beside her and within the strength of my adoration, I felt invincible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/there-and-then-sitting-beside-her-and-within-the-strength-of-my/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [To be okay with not knowing is a sign of a mature person and a mature society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/to-be-okay-with-not-knowing-is-a-sign-of-a-mature-person-and-a-mature/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [“History remembers Mussolini as the buffoonish Fascist, the ineffective silly man of Italy who led a lame military campaign in the Second World War,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/history-remembers-mussolini-as-the-buffoonish-fascist-the-ineffective/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [Grief loves the hollow; all it wants is to hear its own echo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/grief-loves-the-hollow-all-it-wants-is-to-hear-its-own-echo/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [Dreams have consequences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/dreams-have-consequences/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [Language is not just a code; you are writing into its history, into its tides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/language-is-not-just-a-code-you-are-writing-into-its-history-into-its/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [My parents were fairly laid-back, but there were certain things about which they were very strict. My brother and I were told never to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/my-parents-were-fairly-laid-back-but-there-were-certain-things-about/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [I am terribly interested in the paragraph: the paragraph as an object, the construction, and the possibilities of what a paragraph can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-am-terribly-interested-in-the-paragraph-the-paragraph-as-an-object/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [My parents left Libya in 1979, escaping political repression, and settled in Cairo. I was nine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/my-parents-left-libya-in-1979-escaping-political-repression-and/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [Libyans are deeply unsettled by Gaddafi and his regime's careless contempt for human life. The dictatorship is willing to employ any methods necessary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/libyans-are-deeply-unsettled-by-gaddafi-and-his-regime-s-careless/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [My best hope is that Libya turns into a peaceful, sensible country that has all the things my father and lots of others have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/my-best-hope-is-that-libya-turns-into-a-peaceful-sensible-country/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih, is an eloquent and restrained portrait of one man's exile. It is a rare narrative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/season-of-migration-to-the-north-by-tayeb-salih-is-an-eloquent-and/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [Turgenev's achievement lies in how he succeeded, in spite of himself, his country, and his time, in exempting his work from public duty. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/turgenev-s-achievement-lies-in-how-he-succeeded-in-spite-of-himself/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [Over the centuries, close-knit tribes have played an important part in the cohesion of Libyan society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/over-the-centuries-close-knit-tribes-have-played-an-important-part-in/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

> [My work is my shelter, particularly in these moments when things are happening fast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/my-work-is-my-shelter-particularly-in-these-moments-when-things-are/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

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