Excerpts from Book Pages
A brief selection of book quotations discussing the longevity of printed books, the nature of journalism and news, and the gap between commitment and compulsion. One excerpt is attributed to Mohamed Hassanein Heikal’s A New Visit to History.
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· The book printed on paper ....has a long life, and it is present at all times, no matter how intense the crowd around it becomes" meaning: "that the word written on paper endures, and the word heard on the radio and television is transient, and the electrified word on the computer is a spout, and like every spouting it dissipates."!
· Journalism is an instrument of awareness and education. The importance of the news in journalism and the emphasis on it, considering it the main substance of the newspaper, is an imported innovation from capitalist Western journalism, which addresses the instincts of its reader and does not seek to develop his faculties..!
· The space between commitment and compulsion.. is the same as the space between the responsibility of freedom.. and the fetter of oversight...!
· From the book of the famous late journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal "A New Visit to History"
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Zuhdi Shubeitah, “Excerpts from Book Pages” (English translation of «مقتبسات من صفحات كتب», originally published 12 September 2022), https://www.zuhdish.co/en/articles/excerpts-from-book-pages
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