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“She opened her sketchbook, carefully tore out several pages and handed them to Nasser--three detailed color sketches of three flowers. Leafing through the pages, he translated the message. A petunia: Your presence soothes me. A peppermint flower: warmth of feeling. And heartsease, the flower he'd given her so many times before.
You occupy my thoughts.
"I've been doing a lot of reading," Lee said quietly, setting her sketchbook aside. "You're not the only one who knows what flowers mean.”
― Flicker
You occupy my thoughts.
"I've been doing a lot of reading," Lee said quietly, setting her sketchbook aside. "You're not the only one who knows what flowers mean.”
― Flicker

“I
lived through beautiful times, Busayna. It was a different age. Cairo
was like Europe. It was clean and smart and the people were well
mannered and respectable and everyone knew his place exactly. I was
different too. I had my station in life, my money, all my friends were of
a certain niveau, I had my special places where I would spend the
evening鈥攖he Automobile Club, the Club Muhammad Ali, the Gezira
Club. What times! Every night was filled with laughter and parties and
drinking and singing. There were lots of foreigners in Cairo. Most of
the people living downtown were foreigners, until Abd el Nasser threw
them out in 1956.鈥�
鈥淲hy did he throw them out?鈥�
鈥淗e threw the Jews out first, then the rest of the foreigners got
scared and left. By the way, what鈥檚 your opinion of Abd el Nasser?鈥�
鈥淚 was born after he died. I don鈥檛 know. Some people say he was a
hero and others say he was a criminal.鈥�
鈥淎bd el Nasser was the worst ruler in the whole history of Egypt.
He ruined the country and brought us defeat and poverty. The damage
he did to the Egyptian character will take years to repair. Abd el Nasser
taught the Egyptians to be cowards, opportunists, and hypocrites.鈥�
鈥淪o why do people love him?鈥�
鈥淲ho says people love him?鈥�
鈥淟ots of people that I know love him.鈥�
鈥淎nyone who loves Abd el Nasser is either an ignoramus or did
well out of him. The Free Officers were a bunch of kids from the dregs
of society, destitutes and sons of destitutes. Nahhas Basha was a good
man and he cared about the poor. He allowed them to join the Military
College and the result was that they made the coup of 1952. They ruled
Egypt and they robbed it and looted it and made millions. Of course
they have to love Abd el Nasser; he was the boss of their gang.”
― The Yacoubian Building
lived through beautiful times, Busayna. It was a different age. Cairo
was like Europe. It was clean and smart and the people were well
mannered and respectable and everyone knew his place exactly. I was
different too. I had my station in life, my money, all my friends were of
a certain niveau, I had my special places where I would spend the
evening鈥攖he Automobile Club, the Club Muhammad Ali, the Gezira
Club. What times! Every night was filled with laughter and parties and
drinking and singing. There were lots of foreigners in Cairo. Most of
the people living downtown were foreigners, until Abd el Nasser threw
them out in 1956.鈥�
鈥淲hy did he throw them out?鈥�
鈥淗e threw the Jews out first, then the rest of the foreigners got
scared and left. By the way, what鈥檚 your opinion of Abd el Nasser?鈥�
鈥淚 was born after he died. I don鈥檛 know. Some people say he was a
hero and others say he was a criminal.鈥�
鈥淎bd el Nasser was the worst ruler in the whole history of Egypt.
He ruined the country and brought us defeat and poverty. The damage
he did to the Egyptian character will take years to repair. Abd el Nasser
taught the Egyptians to be cowards, opportunists, and hypocrites.鈥�
鈥淪o why do people love him?鈥�
鈥淲ho says people love him?鈥�
鈥淟ots of people that I know love him.鈥�
鈥淎nyone who loves Abd el Nasser is either an ignoramus or did
well out of him. The Free Officers were a bunch of kids from the dregs
of society, destitutes and sons of destitutes. Nahhas Basha was a good
man and he cared about the poor. He allowed them to join the Military
College and the result was that they made the coup of 1952. They ruled
Egypt and they robbed it and looted it and made millions. Of course
they have to love Abd el Nasser; he was the boss of their gang.”
― The Yacoubian Building
“But not all Gaza residents were committed to the war. A reporter asked one of the Arabs what he most wanted. He was a taxi driver, father of ten. All he wanted was 'to eat and to work.' What did he think of Nasser? 'Nasser is good, Israel is good, America is good, Britain is good, Canada is good, India is good, Anything is good.”
― Six Days In June: Israel's Fight For Survival
― Six Days In June: Israel's Fight For Survival

“Nasser found himself imagining her, without wanting to: those large green eyes, and freckles, and sweet bow lips.”
― Flicker
― Flicker

“Nasser found himself imagining her, without wanting to: those large green eyes, and freckles, and sweet boy lips.”
― Flicker
― Flicker

“鈥濼he holy march on which the Arab nation insists, will carry us forward from one victory to another 鈥� the flag of freedom which flies over Baghdad today will fly over Amman and Riyadh. Yes, the flag of freedom which flies over Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad today will fly over the rest of the Middle East”
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