"My father played a decisive role in my life. As a girl, he wrote me these words: 'Defend your ideas to the death.' The choices that determined my life... I made them. No one could stop me."
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♪ Why do I go barefoot, when I build your boats and carriages?
Why is my house falling apart, when I am carving your cupboards?
Why do I go naked, when I am weaving your clothes?
Allah, it's not that I'm envious.
Allah, I'm not envious, but this is your doing. ♪
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"Nawal El Saadawi and I were scared of cockroaches. We'd scream, 'A cockroach!' The women screamed, 'A man!' for those who wore the hijab. When Amira heard a scream, she'd smile, 'Is it a man or a cockroach?'
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"I said I was suffering from an excess of health, because having a strong memory is a disease. Being perceptive, disease. Perfect vision, disease. Sensing what goes on around you, disease. The New World Order demands we cure ourselves of such diseases. We must become blind, deaf and dumb, but we're allowed to hallucinate."
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"My own faith is based on a moral choice, rather than real optimism. The future appears very dark to me."
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"Man was created to live. If we bow down, we die."
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*"Adopting a religion becomes a protection, or else life is meaningless."
*
"My father played a decisive role in my life. As a girl, he wrote me these words: 'Defend your ideas to the death.' The choices that determined my life... I made them. No one could stop me."
*
♪ Why do I go barefoot, when I build your boats and carriages?
Why is my house falling apart, when I am carving your cupboards?
Why do I go naked, when I am weaving your clothes?
Allah, it's not that I'm envious.
Allah, I'm not envious, but this is your doing. ♪
*
"Nawal El Saadawi and I were scared of cockroaches. We'd scream, 'A cockroach!' The women screamed, 'A man!' for those who wore the hijab. When Amira heard a scream, she'd smile, 'Is it a man or a cockroach?'
*
"I said I was suffering from an excess of health, because having a strong memory is a disease. Being perceptive, disease. Perfect vision, disease. Sensing what goes on around you, disease. The New World Order demands we cure ourselves of such diseases. We must become blind, deaf and dumb, but we're allowed to hallucinate."
*
"My own faith is based on a moral choice, rather than real optimism. The future appears very dark to me."
*
"Man was created to live. If we bow down, we die."
*
*"Adopting a religion becomes a protection, or else life is meaningless."
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