In any kind of conflict, you have a certain dehumanization that comes along with it. And it's important as a reporter, a writer, a journalist, to try to restore humanity. — Anthony Shadid Copy Share Image
On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never… — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I believe that… — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
“After life is bent, torn, exploded, there are shattered pieces that do not heal for years, if at all. What is left are scars… — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
The best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when we write small to say something big. — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
“the sight of militiamen sipping coffee at Starbucks, their rocket-propelled grenades resting in chairs in a distinctly Lebanese vision of globalization.” — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
I don't think there's any story worth dying for, but I do think there are stories worth taking risks for. — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't. — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
The Americans invaded a country without understanding what eight years of a war with Iran had meant, how that traumatized Iraq. They didn't appreciate… — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
“Subtle and coy, the cemento at Maalouf's did not speak of war, or frontiers, and the spaces they narrowed, but, rather, grandeur. The tiles… — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
The one thing that shaped my life was when I was 15 or 16: I knew I wanted to be a journalist. And not… — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
“I should be in Beirut, I thought, working as a journalist, but another part of me was so wary of that old life of… — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
“Arabic also has a far greater facility to communicate sarcasm, and it can be employed precisely, or with pitch-perfect irony.” — Anthony Shadid Copy Share
