"God, she was beautiful - my first image……" — Amin Maalouf

"God, she was beautiful - my first image of the Orient - a woman such as only the desert poet knew how to praise: her face was the sun, her hair the protecting shadow, her eyes fountains of cool water, her body the most slender of palm-trees and her smile a mirage."

— Amin Maalouf

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