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Mahmoud Darwish // Fyodor Dostoevsky

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“As if you were an endless path, and I was created for this journey.”

- Farouk Gouida

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– Palestenian poet Salma al-Khadra’ al-Jayyusi in “Women of the Fertile Crescent: an anthology of modern poetry by Arab women”, edited by Kamal Boullata  

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The Dove’s Lost Necklace طوق الحمامة المفقود (Nacer Khemir, 1991)

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What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.

- Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

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Come to me <3

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- rayaan; (via instagram)

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“In the crowd, You long for yourself”

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Mecca, KSA

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ان كان مكتوب علينا نفارق القمر

‎هنفارق القمر

‎وان كان حكم القدر

‎الحيره والسهر

‎نسهر من غير قمر

If it is destined for us to bid the moon farewell, we will. And if the verdict of fate is confusion and staying up all night, we‘ll stay up all night with no moon.

Sabah, Ashka we meskena

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Tunisia. A Tunisian bride from Souss wearing traditional attire and jewelry during the third day of her wedding, 1932.

Jeanne Jouin.

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Because brothers and sisters don't let each other wander in this life alone.

اللهم اعطهم من خير ما أعطيت وبارك لهم في في اعمارهم وزدهم ولا تنقصهم رضاً وراحة وسروراً.

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“As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.”

— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

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In the early nineties—after fleeing their war-torn home near Kirkuk, Iraq—a Kurdish family gathered around a fire in Ranjwin, on the border with Iran.

PHOTOGRAPH BY ED KASHI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

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Can you translate this ‘ During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you ‘ Into Arabic?

“خلال أوقات الألم و المعاناة، وعندما ترى مجموعة واحدة فقط من آثار أقدام، كانت ذلك عندما حملتُك/ساعدتُكَ.”

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On being a local tourist