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> [“I got a call froma cynical young American journalist...You know the sort. He's lived in the Middle East for a little over five minutes so assumes he knows us natives well. I sip at a skinny mocha frappe while he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/i-got-a-call-froma-cynical-young-american-journalist-you-know-the/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

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## More by Amy Mowafi

> [“So the fact tht anyone would ever suggest that Arab women are dominated and demeaned is really quite ludicrous. In this part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/so-the-fact-tht-anyone-would-ever-suggest-that-arab-women-are/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“Having it all is just too much hassle. I'm not every-woman. I'm a working woman. And I'm not entirely sure I see the oint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/having-it-all-is-just-too-much-hassle-i-m-not-every-woman-i-m-a/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“...I discovered I'm having a girl. And I hae spent a good portion of the last few weeks thinking about the kind f woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/i-discovered-i-m-having-a-girl-and-i-hae-spent-a-good-portion-of-the/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“Even beyond the Middle East, the role of the independent women remains as warped as a Lewis Caroll novel. We may control $12 trillion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/even-beyond-the-middle-east-the-role-of-the-independent-women-remains/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“...if I have a daughter I will tell her she can do anything, and I will mean it, because I have no other intention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/if-i-have-a-daughter-i-will-tell-her-she-can-do-anything-and-i-will/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“I have always lusted after a sepia-toned library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and a sliding ladder. I fantasie about Tennessee Williams' types of evenings involving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/i-have-always-lusted-after-a-sepia-toned-library-with-floor-to/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“I got a call froma cynical young American journalist...You know the sort. He's lived in the Middle East for a little over five minutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/i-got-a-call-froma-cynical-young-american-journalist-you-know-the/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“I'm often asked if I'm a feminist. This I suspect has something to do with the fact that I write a column called Fe-mail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/i-m-often-asked-if-i-m-a-feminist-this-i-suspect-has-something-to-do/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“To keep me happy he can't just buy me presents, he has to be present. I want love. Not Louis Vuitton. And that's one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/to-keep-me-happy-he-can-t-just-buy-me-presents-he-has-to-be-present-i/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“...I have decided that I shan't sweat the small stuff. Sense and sensibility will, I assume, come in their own time. If indeed they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/i-have-decided-that-i-shan-t-sweat-the-small-stuff-sense-and/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“Please please read. Everything and anything. You may not remember all of it, you may not remember any of it But from the fairytailes...to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/please-please-read-everything-and-anything-you-may-not-remember-all/)

[Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/)

> [“Find what you love to do, what you're good at and passionate about and then dedicate your entire life to working hard at it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/find-what-you-love-to-do-what-you-re-good-at-and-passionate-about-and/)

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