Middle east Quote by David H. Finnie

“Some families ran their own little version of the Middle East.”

— Tom Robbins

“A few found a haven beyond the borders of the great empires in the harsh desert of the Arabian Peninsula.”

— Phyllis Goldstein

“Some people like danger and adventure, some like to be free of civilization, and some like to live by their wits. It was those…

— Joy Hakim

“I love the idea of westerns. It’s a simple dynamic: a man or woman overcoming hardship to carve out a meaningful life in a…

— Darrell Pitt

“The idea of a licentious West that many Arabs hold today closely mirrors the view that Europeans had of the Middle East a couple…

— Brian Whitaker

“Thirty or forty years from now, the American adventures into the bowels of the Middle East will be forgotten details of a bumbling imperialism.…

— Charles Bowden

“It was the first time the features and formative processes of the desert had made me pause and absorb just how small and brave…

— Aron Ralston

“The Middle East is anything but ‘one size fits all’.”

— Amal Awad

“The people of the Mountain were more self-sustaining than the Beirutis. Most of them had modest pieces of land on which they grew vegetables.”

— Louis Farshee

“Savages were savages, but what could one expect of civilized men who plotted massacre?”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“There is nothing more savage than modern civilization.”

— Bryant McGill

“It was as if the region were just putting the finishing touches on its seamless, corporatized hegemony, complete with just enough of a gesture…

— Bruce Benderson