Arab Quotes
376 quotes by 242 authors
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I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.
— Zaha Hadid
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Israel no longer has allies in Egypt and in Tunisia, we are saying to the Zionist enemies that times have changed and that the time…
— Ismail Haniyeh
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I salute all the nations of the Arab Spring and I salute the heroic people of Syria who are striving for freedom, democracy and reform.
— Ismail Haniyeh
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The increasing mistrust between the Arab-Muslim peoples and the western world is rooted in the conflict in Palestine.
— Ismail Haniyeh
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Every Palestinian family feels the effects of the international embargo. But the more the pressure on the government grows, the more support we receive, both…
— Ismail Haniyeh
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You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not?
— Christopher Hitchens
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I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties…
— Daniel Inouye
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In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They…
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
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We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the…
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
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The fact is, that with the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews fled Arab countries, almost all of whom…
— Meir Kahane
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab…
— Karl Lagerfeld
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Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated.
— John Lydon
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The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider…
— Naguib Mahfouz
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I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.
— Nelson Mandela
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I shook hands with a friendly Arab. I still have my right arm to prove it.
— Spike Milligan
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The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the commander of the armed forces, full stop.
— Mohammed Morsi
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There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel,…
— Barack Obama
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Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of…
— Amos Oz
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The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized.…
— Shimon Peres
Who Wrote These Arab Quotes
242 authors contributed a total of 376 Arab Quotes, led by these top contributors: