Arabia Quote by Stephen Kinzer

“It seems clear that the Arab East still sees the West as a natural enemy. Against that enemy, any hostile action-be it political, military,…

— Amin Maalouf

What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt to have…

— James Buchan

From before I was born, we Arabs have been caught between two forces that, seemingly, cannot be defeated: our ruthless dictators, who oppress and…

— Hisham Matar

“There is no greater mistake than to imagine that the Arabs, who spread with such astonishing rapidity over half the civilized world, were in…

— Stanley Lane-Poole

Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.

— James Buchan

We tie ourselves in knots when we act as if democracy is good for the United States and Israel but not for the Arab…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The majority of Arab people would side with Russia and China, not with the West. And they'd throw their 'elites' groomed in and by…

— Andre Vltchek

It is not necessary to agree with the Arab point of view about their own history, but it is foolish to ignore it.

— Michael Korda

It's about time that we as Arabs take things into our own hands and figure out our own future, rather than [keep depending] on…

— Marwan al-Muasher

“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

Polls show that Arabs admire a lot of the Western values, cultural aspects in the West. It is more about policies than about way…

— Queen Rania of Jordan

The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road…

— Michael Scheuer