--- title: "3 Arab world Quotes By Hisham Melhem" description: "3 Arab world quotes by Hisham Melhem. Plus more from Hisham Melhem and more Arab world sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/hisham-melhem-63969_arab-world_the-unimaginable-brutality-of-this-lates_210245.jpg" --- > [The unimaginable brutality of this latest manifestation of Political Islam in the Arab world is too much to bear for many Muslim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-melhem/the-unimaginable-brutality-of-this-latest-manifestation-of-political/) [Hisham Melhem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-melhem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/hisham-melhem-63969_arab-world_the-unimaginable-brutality-of-this-lates_210245.jpg) > [The good thing about Egypt is, between the two World Wars, Egypt was - had a liberal society. It has a political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-melhem/the-good-thing-about-egypt-is-between-the-two-world-wars-egypt-was/) [Hisham Melhem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-melhem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/hisham-melhem-63969_arab-world_the-good-thing-about-egypt-is-between-th_2209626.jpg) > [With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-melhem/with-his-decision-to-use-force-against-the-violent-extremists-of-the/) [Hisham Melhem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-melhem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/hisham-melhem-63969_arab-world_with-his-decision-to-use-force-against-t_2634676.jpg) ## Other authors on Arab world - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wadah-khanfar-94194.jpg) Wadah Khanfar 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab-world/wadah-khanfar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab-world/noam-chomsky/) - [Jamal Khashoggi 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab-world/jamal-khashoggi/) - [Hassan Blasim 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab-world/hassan-blasim/) ## More by Hisham Melhem > [The unimaginable brutality of this latest manifestation of Political Islam in the Arab world is too much to bear for many Muslim Arab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-melhem/the-unimaginable-brutality-of-this-latest-manifestation-of-political/) [Hisham Melhem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-melhem/) > [If you create enough space in Egypt, civil society will revive itself, and then will you have all of these secular forces, liberals, nationalists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-melhem/if-you-create-enough-space-in-egypt-civil-society-will-revive-itself/) [Hisham Melhem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-melhem/) > [Arab civilization has collapsed. It won’t recover in my lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-melhem/arab-civilization-has-collapsed-it-won-t-recover-in-my-lifetime/) [Hisham Melhem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-melhem/) > [The good thing about Egypt is, between the two World Wars, Egypt was - had a liberal society. It has a political life. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-melhem/the-good-thing-about-egypt-is-between-the-two-world-wars-egypt-was/) [Hisham Melhem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-melhem/) > [With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again - and with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-melhem/with-his-decision-to-use-force-against-the-violent-extremists-of-the/) [Hisham Melhem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-melhem/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab-world/hisham-melhem/#itemlist", "name": "3 Arab world Quotes By Hisham Melhem", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The unimaginable brutality of this latest manifestation of Political Islam in the Arab world is too much to bear for many Muslim Arab", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hisham Melhem" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-melhem/the-unimaginable-brutality-of-this-latest-manifestation-of-political/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/hisham-melhem-63969_arab-world_the-unimaginable-brutality-of-this-lates_210245.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/hisham-melhem-63969_arab-world_the-unimaginable-brutality-of-this-lates_210245.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/hisham-melhem-63969_arab-world_the-unimaginable-brutality-of-this-lates_210245.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The unimaginable brutality of this latest manifestation of Political Islam in the Arab world is too much to…” — Hisham Melhem", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The good thing about Egypt is, between the two World Wars, Egypt was - had a liberal society. 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