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title: "1 Occupation Koran Quotes By Amanda Lindhout"
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> [“Mr. Nadjafi collected my footage and edited it in ways that cast American troops and American policy in the worst possible light. He rewrote my scripts so that any mention of the war would be described as “the American-led invasion”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/mr-nadjafi-collected-my-footage-and-edited-it-in-ways-that-cast/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

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## More by Amanda Lindhout

> [The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/the-countries-with-the-greatest-problems-have-the-kindest-people/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/i-m-afraid-of-elevators-because-they-are-an-enclosed-space-but-i-get/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [I know firsthand how critical support systems are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/i-know-firsthand-how-critical-support-systems-are/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/contemplating-christmas-when-you-are-isolated-and-far-from-home/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [ “I'd spent my life believing that people were, at heart, kind and good. This was what the world had shown me. \[...\] If humans… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/i-d-spent-my-life-believing-that-people-were-at-heart-kind-and-good/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [After spending 460 days as a hostage, I did emerge a fundamentally changed person. But I think, like everyone does as they grow older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/after-spending-460-days-as-a-hostage-i-did-emerge-a-fundamentally/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/i-think-that-i-find-a-lot-of-my-healing-out-in-the-world/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [I swung from one place to the next, sometimes backward, sometimes forward, capitalizing on my own momentum, knowing that at some point my arms—or,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/i-swung-from-one-place-to-the-next-sometimes-backward-sometimes/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [“After almost seven months in Baghdad, I set my sights on Somalia. The reasons to do it seemed straightforward. Somalia was a mess. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/after-almost-seven-months-in-baghdad-i-set-my-sights-on-somalia-the/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [The big-time journalists generally had kidnapping insurance through their news organizations. Usually, it would pay for a crisis response company to help negotiate for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/the-big-time-journalists-generally-had-kidnapping-insurance-through/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/it-was-a-slow-understanding-that-my-kidnappers-really-are-a-product/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/it-was-a-slow-understanding-that-the-lack-of-education-in-a-country/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [Somalia is very dangerous, and no one knows that better than I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/somalia-is-very-dangerous-and-no-one-knows-that-better-than-i/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [“I did not mention that my father was home with his gay lover and that I was in Bangladesh on vacation from my job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/i-did-not-mention-that-my-father-was-home-with-his-gay-lover-and-that/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

> [War dehumanizes everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lindhout/war-dehumanizes-everyone/)

[Amanda Lindhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lindhout/)

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