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> [And Egypt ? What is Egypt strenght?her resilience ?her ability to absorb poeple and events into the pores of her being? is that true or is it just a consolation ? a shifting of responsibility? and if it is true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/and-egypt-what-is-egypt-strenght-her-resilience-her-ability-to-absorb/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

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## More by Ahdaf Soueif

> [“There have been those among us who have been so dazzled by the might and technological wizardy of Europe that they have been rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/there-have-been-those-among-us-who-have-been-so-dazzled-by-the-might/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“It was too cold to dream”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/it-was-too-cold-to-dream/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [And Egypt ? What is Egypt strenght?her resilience ?her ability to absorb poeple and events into the pores of her being? is that true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/and-egypt-what-is-egypt-strenght-her-resilience-her-ability-to-absorb/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“Put football instead of cricket and she could have been me. She could have been Arwa, or Deena or any of the girls I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/put-football-instead-of-cricket-and-she-could-have-been-me-she-could/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“ I fancy he is attempting to purge himself of — all manner of things. I beg him to take heart, for our Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/i-fancy-he-is-attempting-to-purge-himself-of-all-manner-of-things-i/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [Egypt.mother of civilization, dreaming herself through the centuries. Dreaming us all, her children: those who stay and work for her and complain of her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/egypt-mother-of-civilization-dreaming-herself-through-the-centuries/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“Ya Ummi(my mother), I cannot live my life with a woman who has no key to my mind and does not share my concerns.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/ya-ummi-my-mother-i-cannot-live-my-life-with-a-woman-who-has-no-key/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/it-is-that-happy-stretch-of-time-when-the-lovers-set-to-chronicling/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“The encompassing silence and the ease(or difference) of my companions have left my soul free to contemplate, to drink in the wonder of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/the-encompassing-silence-and-the-ease-or-difference-of-my-companions/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [I now find myself looking at every sentence, every image, that purports to tell the West about the Arabs and the Muslims with this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/i-now-find-myself-looking-at-every-sentence-every-image-that-purports/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“and the thought of relieving my mourning, even slightly, for a moment filled me with a kind of fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/and-the-thought-of-relieving-my-mourning-even-slightly-for-a-moment/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“Every day she waits for night-time. She goes to bed at half past eight because that is the earliest time she can imagine going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/every-day-she-waits-for-night-time-she-goes-to-bed-at-half-past-eight/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“I suppose it has been said that art sometimes benefits from a touch of madness”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/i-suppose-it-has-been-said-that-art-sometimes-benefits-from-a-touch/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [Tell me, if you thought a man had a tendresse for you, but he wasn't doing anything about it. And you wanted to hurry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/tell-me-if-you-thought-a-man-had-a-tendresse-for-you-but-he-wasn-t/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“Palestinian weddings are celebrated over coffee, but when a young man is killed his mother is held up over his grave. 'Trill out your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/palestinian-weddings-are-celebrated-over-coffee-but-when-a-young-man/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

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