#arab

When the Jewish state is established - it is very possible that the result will be transfer of Arabs. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#established #jewish #jewish state #possible #result

A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me. ↗

— Nadine Labaki

#country #dream #film #impossible #just

Arabic science throughout its golden age was inextricably linked to religion; indeed, it was driven by the need of early scholars to interpret the Qur'an. ↗

— Jim Al-Khalili

#islam #koran #qur-an #quran #religion

By the time of the arrival of Islam in the early seventeenth century CE, what we now call the Middle East was divided between the Persian and Byzantine empires. But with the spread of this new religion from Arabia, a powerful empire emerged, and with it a flourishing civilization and a glorious golden age. Given how far back it stretches in time, the history of the region -- and even of Iraq itself -- is too big a canvas for me to paint. Instead, what I hope to do in this book is take on the nonetheless ambitious task of sharing with you a remarkable story; one of an age in which great geniuses pushed the frontiers of knowledge to such an extent that their work shaped civilizations to this day. ↗

— Jim Al-Khalili

#civilization #islam #knowledge #middle-east #age

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#knowledge #life #longing #love #mankind

Our shouting is louder than our actions, Our swords are taller than us, This is our tragedy. In short We wear the cape of civilisation But our souls live in the stone age ↗

— Nizar Qabbani

#age

I wondered if that's what aging felt like. That desire and reality were dueling until the day you die, that nobody every got to a place of peace. I had always wanted to get old so I didn't have to care anymore, but I began to think that it would be best just to skip the getting older part and just die. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#old #portia-de-rossi #reality #unbearable-lightness #age

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#make #reality #unbearable #without #world

Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk and attempts to tear it, and cannot tear it, is he in his right mind to say "This silk is fake! I thought it was soft, I thought it was delicate, but look, I cannot even tear it" ? Surely, this man is not in his right mind! The silk is not fake! This silk is 100% real. It's the man who is stupid! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#fake #gentle #genuine #inspirational #inspirational-life

Red was the color of the sun's most beautiful throne and all the other colors prayed on red rugs. ... I still follow the child who still walks inside me. ↗

— Adonis "Celebrating Childhood"

#beauty