Festivals Quote by Hassan Blasim

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

In many parts of the world, including the Arab world, the Latin American world, and even parts of the Western world, there is a…

— Tariq Ali

Some Iraqi writers are more daring today and have excellent imaginations and their material is rich in human experience. But the Arab prizes, once…

— Hassan Blasim

For seven years I wrote and published my texts on the Internet and no Arab festival invited me and no Arab publishing house wanted…

— Hassan Blasim

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

— Federica Mogherini

The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought…

— Omar Sharif

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

“Friedrich Hacker says: “Many Arab intellectuals…consider the Arab mentality, which attributes to the written word and to speech a more than symbolic importance, a…

— Jean-Michel Oughourlian

[I have a] fondness for telling stories, like the Arab storytellers on the marketplace. ... I will never grow tired of [telling] stories [and]…

— Orson Welles

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

The U.S. media have done a shameful job of reporting on the Arab world.

— Ethan Zuckerman

The Arab world is full of corruption, in the time of the dictatorships and in the time of anarchy. This corruption is not only…

— Hassan Blasim