"I haven't come to you only to take……" — Ahdaf Soueif

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• At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library… — Nils Kjaer
• While [the Arians], like men sprung from a dunghill, truly "spoke from the earth" [Jn. 3:31], the bishops [of Nicea],… — Athanasius of Alexandria
• There are only two rules. One is E. M. Forster's guide to Alexandria; the best way to know Alexandria is… — Jan Morris
• A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an… — David Ben-Gurion
• The opportunity before all of us is living up to the dream of the Library of Alexandria and then taking… — Brewster Kahle
• Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria — Philo
• We need to return to the cosmopolitanism of Alexandria of yore, and marry that with the tolerance and democracy of… — Ismail Serageldin
• We should prepare to go over to the offensive. Our aim is to smash Lebanon, Trans-Jordan and Syria. The weak… — David Ben-Gurion
• Pantaenus was one of these and is said to have gone to India. It is reported that among persons there… — Eusebius
• When I wrote 'The Alexandria Link,' I discovered that we are only aware of about 10 percent of the knowledge… — Steve Berry
• When I think of the library of Alexandria and of the fact that, although it burnt down, people continue to… — Alexander Kluge
• Black men of Carthage, Ethiopia, of Timbuktu and Alexandria gave the likes of civilization to this world — Marcus Garvey

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