From the Pages of Books: I Read for Myself and for You (6)
A reflective excerpt about how people steeped in ignorance and entrenched traditions can destroy dreams, uproot hearts, and force people to flee their homelands.
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"I know that people steeped in the habits of ignorance and the traditions of the bygone... are the ones who destroy our dreams... who uproot our hearts... and who plant within us dark spaces of raw hatred... These people are the ones who force us to flee our homelands and leave everything... They are the ones who made us believe that the law protects them... and that religion looks after them... so we find no escape except to submit to them... becoming a copy of them... or to rush to the nearest homeland/refuge... trying to forget everything..."
"Today I know that homelands are nothing but victims... victims of human beings... and that we burden them more than they can bear..."
.Athir Abdullah...................... "In December all dreams end"
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Zuhdi Shubeitah, “From the Pages of Books: I Read for Myself and for You (6)” (English translation of «من بطون الكتب ….قرأت لي ... ولكم. ..(6)...», originally published 20 September 2022), https://www.zuhdish.co/en/articles/from-the-pages-of-books-i-read
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