“In school, we did not study world maps, because international geography, as a subject, had been long ago phased out of state curriculums. America was the world; there was no sense of America being one country on a planet of… — Suzy Hansen Copy Share Image
“We in the West still seemed to believe the old story of how a man transformed an Islamic empire into a secular republic: Atatürk… — Suzy Hansen Copy Share
“Anti-Americanism is not some bitter mental disorder inflamed by conspiracy theories and misplaced furies and envy. It is a broken heart, a defensive crouch,… — Suzy Hansen Copy Share
“This, I found, was what happened so often to me in Turkey: You’re learning about a country, you have read books, and so you… — Suzy Hansen Copy Share
“It is common to say Watergate shattered American innocence, that Vietnam shattered American innocence, that September 11 shattered American innocence, that Trump shattered American… — Suzy Hansen Copy Share
“In school, we did not study world maps, because international geography, as a subject, had been long ago phased out of state curriculums. America… — Suzy Hansen Copy Share
“We were all patriotic, but I can’t even conceive of what else we would’ve been, because our entire experience was domestic, interior, American. We” — Suzy Hansen Copy Share
“My friends’ point was: While this class snobbery may offend your Western sensibilities, you, foreigner, are perhaps better off playing by the rules of… — Suzy Hansen Copy Share
“But it is very, very rare that young white Americans come across someone who tells them in harsh, unforgiving terms that they might be… — Suzy Hansen Copy Share
