Book Quote by Hassan Blasim

When my stories were translated into other languages and received good reviews in the international press and won prizes, some Arab festivals and newspapers…

— Hassan Blasim

I wrote my first book without being to Ethiopia since I was two years old.

— Dinaw Mengestu

I'm of Arab background.

— Helen Thomas

My stories were translated and had many reviews before I had an interview with any international or Arab newspaper. If the stories hadn't succeeded,…

— Hassan Blasim

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will…

— Naguib Mahfouz

I was a political journalist for a long time. I wrote a book about Putin. I made all kinds of trouble.

— Masha Gessen

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside…

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

My passion was reading newspapers - and I became curious, in particular, about Islam and the Arab world.

— Federica Mogherini

Thanks to Twitter, I learn about the revolutions in the Middle East via Arab activists and writers, not just from American foreign correspondents.

— Jacob Weisberg

I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever heard of. Their…

— George Bernard Shaw

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

I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.

— Yitzhak Shamir