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Ladies and gentlemen!
We can say that time has passed and pens have dried up. Misery is our destiny and the West utilizes it as a tool to ensure our silence. The West manages and shapes our destiny as…
Contributor:
Esther Azhari Moyal
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Lebanon, Lebanon)
Date:
1912
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Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the poor.
—Thomas Gray, “Elegy Written in a…
Contributor:
Meir Basri
Places:
Baghdad, Iraq
Date:
1955
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This sheet by the calligrapher and scribe Iehudah Machabeu presents samples of different “lettering,” including Hebrew (at the top), Arabic, Greek, Castilian, English, French, Italian, and Latin. It…
Contributor:
Iehudah Machabeu
Places:
La Rochelle, France
Date:
1655
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The man of letters who cares about his links with the people—who is of the opinion that there is no backbone to his literary production except when his social source is present, typified by the…
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Sami Michael
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1954