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“To understand those who are culturally and historically different from us – rather than resorting to such labels as ‘evil empire’, ‘fundamentalist’ and ‘terrorist’ to mask our ignorance – is a matter of urgency. The greatest hubris is to ask why ‘they’ are not like ‘us’, to accept our cultural biases lazily and without question, and to frame the problem in terms of ‘what went wrong?”

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Book:Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire
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“-سرحان ف إيه بس؟ -هو فى غيرها؟؟! أصلها جميلة أوى يا أشرف! -هى مين دى يا باشا؟ قالها أشرف مُداعباً إياه بغمزةٍ من عينه اليُمنى.. -مصر... أطرق أشرف رأسَهُ ناظراً فى الأرض و هو يقول: -فعلاً جميلة!! بس واضِح إنه إتكَتَب علينا نشوفها بتضيع مِنِنا و إحنا عاجزين عن مُساعدتها.. -طَب و بعدين؟ هنفضَل كده لحد إمتى يا أشرف؟ إيه مصرينا؟؟ و مصيرها؟ (سَحَب) "أشرف" مِقعداً و جلس بمواجهة "حمدى" فقد إعتادَهُ الأخير على أنهُ صديق مُقرَب، يهوى النِقاش و الحديث مَعَهُ.. أخرَج "أشرَف" عُلبة سجائر (LM) من ذات اللون الأحمَر، و ناول رفيقَهُ سيجارة و قد دَس هو الآخر سيجارة فى فَمِهِ بينما كان يُتَمتِم مُجيباً على سؤال "حمدى": -حاجة من إتينين يا باشا..! -إيه هُما؟ -يا ثورة جياع تقضى ع الأخضَر و اليابِس.. يا إما هنموت مَدفونين فى زبالتنا..!!”

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