“We are a city that has had Islam for one thousand years. We had the greatest teachers and universities. And now these Bedouins, these illiterates, these ignoramuses, tell us how to wear our pants, and how to say our prayers, and how our wives should dress, as if they were the ones who invented the way?” ReligionPrayerEducationIslamAfricaLiteracyMaliTimbuktu Book:The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts Source: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
“No, forget it. You people took the village and drove away all our business, it's you who must submit to Shariah.” CertaintyWomanMarketMaliTough WomenTimbuktuJoshua HammerShariah Law Book:The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts Source: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
“We pushed it, but when the State Department says 'you're being a bunch of assholes' what are you going to do?” WarAfricaDiplomacyGeneralAssholeJoshua HammerState Department Book:The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts Source: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts