Aim Quote by Freya Stark

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me…

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

I still write in literary Arabic but I try to rid it of the rhetoric, the symbolism, and the stuff that ordinary people don't…

— Hassan Blasim

But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.

— John Abizaid

I'm very much an Arab, although I need to practise my Arabic more.

— Sami Zayn

It does not take much to imagine the humanity of people you don't know. An American author does not need to know a word…

— Elliott Colla

You learn something from the classics but your feelings and your imagination operate in the domain of the colloquial. We need to think seriously…

— Hassan Blasim

Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some…

— Etgar Keret

Especially after the Twin Towers, we're so terrified of 'Arabic' people. And talk about stereotypical negative portrayals of people of certain groups, if you…

— Jonathan Demme

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it…

— Youssou N'Dour

I don't speak Arabic - I know a little to get by, but that's all.

— Laura Poitras

“The routine expression of hatred for others is so common in the Arab world that it barely draws comment other than from the region’s…

— Tim Marshall

I really only respect the Arab culture. I ain't really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in political positions…

— Busta Rhymes