“The Riffraff defended themselves fiercely, arguing that months had passed without the slightest change. People should unite and forget the Gate, they said but they couldn't offer any convincing alternatives, so everyone in the queue - those behind the barriers… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“Like many others, she'd received a threat from the Riffraff - though she wasn't sure she understood it completely - accusing her of helping to maintain the status quo, and even profiting from it.” — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“The Riffraff defended themselves fiercely, arguing that months had passed without the slightest change. People should unite and forget the Gate, they said but… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“She raised her voice, reminding him that he was a doctor, that his first priority was to help the sick, and he shot back… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“From the Fatwa and Rationalizatons Committee, on the Fifth Day of this Venerable Month: In light of its meeting today, the Committee hereby announces… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“If a doctor or nurse had been with him when he'd been injured, she would have made the others carry him more carefully. Doing… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“Politics had eaten away at people's heads until they in turn had begun to devour one another.” — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“Soon the situation unraveled, and different groups who had taken part in the First Storm accused one another of betrayal. They were so entrenched… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“Like many others, she'd received a threat from the Riffraff - though she wasn't sure she understood it completely - accusing her of helping… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“So I shut up and hold out a one-pound note, but he throws it on the ground, snatches back both pieces of bread, and… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“The first boycott was against a candy factory that owned a well-known chain of stores in several districts. The Committee had discovered that this… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“The High Sheikh invoked a few passages from the Greater Book, explaining that if a believer were to be struck by a bullet (despite… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
“In addition to anxiety and irritability, other symptoms include an irrational belief that he can alter reality; a clear tendency to act in a… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
