“Respect yourself and others will come to respect you. That is true about all of us, but especially true about women. That is the meaning of honour.” — Abdulrazak Gurnah Copy Share Image
“That's the way life takes us,' Elleke once said. 'It takes us like this, then it turns us over and takes us like that.'… — Abdulrazak Gurnah Copy Share Image
“I speak to maps. And sometimes they something back to me. This is not as strange as it sounds, nor is it an unheard… — Abdulrazak Gurnah Copy Share Image
“Respect yourself and others will come to respect you. That is true about all of us, but especially true about women. That is the… — Abdulrazak Gurnah Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think it is my fate to live in the wreckage and confusion of crumbling houses.” — Abdulrazak Gurnah Copy Share Image
