Quote by Ahdaf Soueif

“There have been those among us who have been so dazzled by the might and technological wizardy of Europe that they have been rather…

— Ahdaf Soueif

“It was too cold to dream”

— Ahdaf Soueif

And Egypt ? What is Egypt strenght?her resilience ?her ability to absorb poeple and events into the pores of her being? is that true…

— Ahdaf Soueif

“ I fancy he is attempting to purge himself of — all manner of things. I beg him to take heart, for our Lord…

— Ahdaf Soueif

Egypt.mother of civilization, dreaming herself through the centuries. Dreaming us all, her children: those who stay and work for her and complain of her,…

— Ahdaf Soueif

“Ya Ummi(my mother), I cannot live my life with a woman who has no key to my mind and does not share my concerns.…

— Ahdaf Soueif

It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so…

— Ahdaf Soueif

“The encompassing silence and the ease(or difference) of my companions have left my soul free to contemplate, to drink in the wonder of this…

— Ahdaf Soueif

I now find myself looking at every sentence, every image, that purports to tell the West about the Arabs and the Muslims with this…

— Ahdaf Soueif

“and the thought of relieving my mourning, even slightly, for a moment filled me with a kind of fear.”

— Ahdaf Soueif

“Every day she waits for night-time. She goes to bed at half past eight because that is the earliest time she can imagine going…

— Ahdaf Soueif

“I suppose it has been said that art sometimes benefits from a touch of madness”

— Ahdaf Soueif