- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Arab World Quotes
Perspectives on a region often generalized.
This set of Arab world quotes reflects on media influence, cultural identity, and how sweeping outside narratives often miss everyday complexity. Related reading: our Free quotes.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Arab world is mediatised in a way that gives too much space to these people - puritans, extremists, whatever you want to call them. There are a lot more people like me in the Middle East than you might think.
- Cement
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- Nov 07, 2020
Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
- Greatest
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.
- Property
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe.
- Pool
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Arab world is erupting, which is extraordinary, and to see it happen is like watching rings spreading on a pool - it goes out; it varies so much. The spontaneity is wonderful, but very often, if it's not well organized, it breaks up, and it peters out.
- Landscape
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- Nov 07, 2020
The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as the Gulf states - was the outcome of an intensive experience of Anglo-French colonialism.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority, not only in the Arab world but all over the world.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Biden's support for Mubarak in the face of his falling regime sends a powerful and unfortunate message to the Arab world that their freedoms are negotiable.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020