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Quote of the Week: This Foolish World

This foolish world cannot possibly be any more foolish. After millions of years of our descent from the Stone Age, the exact same golden rule remains true: the one with the biggest stone, the thickest stick, and the meanest bully is the one who is right! —Ghassan Kanafani, 1972.  Translated from Arabic
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Ghassan Kanafani in 1970

Kanafani was assassinated two years later Then as now the control of the narrative has always been crucial.
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Quote of the Week: ‘I Wish Children Didn’t Die’

I wish children didn’t die. I wish they would be temporarily elevated to the skies until the war ends. Then they would return home safe, and when their parents would ask them: “where were you?” they would say: “we were playing with the stars.” — Ghassan Kanafani *Ł„ŁŠŲŖ Ų§Ł„Ų£Ų·ŁŲ§Ł„ Ł„Ų§ ŁŠŁ…ŁˆŲŖŁˆŁ†* *Ł„ŁŠŲŖŁ‡Ł… ŁŠŲ±ŁŲ¹ŁˆŁ† Ų§Ł„Ł‰ Ų§Ł„Ų³Ł…Ų§Ų” Ł…Ų¤Ł‚ŲŖŲ§* *Ų±ŁŠŲ«Ł…Ų§ ŲŖŁ†ŲŖŁ‡ŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų±ŲØ* *Ų«Ł… ŁŠŲ¹ŁˆŲÆŁˆŁ† Ų§Ł„Ł‰ ŲØŁŠŁˆŲŖŁ‡Ł… Ų¢Ł…Ł†ŁŠŁ† !* *ŁˆŲ­ŁŠŁ† ŁŠŲ³Ų£Ł„Ł‡Ł… Ų§Ł„Ų§Ł‡Ł„ Ł…Ų­ŲŖŲ§Ų±ŁŠŁ†* *Ų§ŁŠŁ† ŁƒŁ†ŲŖŁ… ؟* *ŁŠŁ‚ŁˆŁ„ŁˆŁ† ŁŲ±Ų­ŁŠŁ†* *”ŁƒŁ†Ų§ Ł†Ł„Ų¹ŲØ Ł…Ų¹ Ų§Ł„Ł†Ų¬ŁˆŁ… “* ŲŗŲ³Ų§Ł† ŁƒŁ†ŁŲ§Ł†ŁŠ   
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