--- title: "3 Jean Said Makdisi Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "Palestinian writer... | Jean Said Makdisi is a Palestinian writer and independent scholar, best known for her autobiographical writing." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-jean-said-makdisi-77805.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jean Said Makdisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-jean-said-makdisi-77805.jpg) # Jean Said Makdisi (1940) Writer **3** quotes in **17** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jean Said Makdisi is a writer. ## Quick Facts About Jean Said Makdisi Born January 1, 1940 Profession Writer ## About Jean Said Makdisi Palestinian writer... \| Jean Said Makdisi is a Palestinian writer and independent scholar, best known for her autobiographical writing. ## Quotes by Jean Said Makdisi > [“Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-said-makdisi/is-it-not-true-that-in-ancient-times-the-worst-punishment-of-all-was/) Jean Said Makdisi [Banishment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/banishment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/jean-said-makdisi-77805_banishment_is-it-not-true-that-in-ancient-times-the_1148173.jpg) > [“Thus did I receive, through the singing of these various hymns and the moral education that accompanied them, not only a religious,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-said-makdisi/thus-did-i-receive-through-the-singing-of-these-various-hymns-and-the/) Jean Said Makdisi [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c84/jean-said-makdisi-77805_character_thus-did-i-receive-through-the-singing-o_2712617.jpg) > [“I had been brought up to be something of an intellectual, but there seemed at the time no connection between my newly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-said-makdisi/i-had-been-brought-up-to-be-something-of-an-intellectual-but-there/) Jean Said Makdisi [Intellectual](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intellectual/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/jean-said-makdisi-77805_intellectual_i-had-been-brought-up-to-be-something-of_3140289.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-said-makdisi/#itemlist", "name": "Jean Said Makdisi Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Said Makdisi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-said-makdisi/is-it-not-true-that-in-ancient-times-the-worst-punishment-of-all-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/jean-said-makdisi-77805_banishment_is-it-not-true-that-in-ancient-times-the_1148173.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/jean-said-makdisi-77805_banishment_is-it-not-true-that-in-ancient-times-the_1148173.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/jean-said-makdisi-77805_banishment_is-it-not-true-that-in-ancient-times-the_1148173.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment?” — Jean Said Makdisi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Thus did I receive, through the singing of these various hymns and the moral education that accompanied them, not only a religious, but a political schooling of sorts. 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