I allegedly am an outsider writer, so I write from the perspective of somebody who doesn't completely fit in. But at the same time, I can state the fact that I don't know of any good writer who is not an outsider writer. Rabih Alameddine allegedlycompletelyfact share on social
If you want to know whether soccer is big in America, pick a weekend, go to any park in the land, and pay attention. We're there. We've always been. Rabih Alameddine americaattentionbig Change image and share on social
I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible. Rabih Alameddine halfmysteryparagraph Change image and share on social
Nobody ever said I'm a simple personality. Rabih Alameddine personalitysimple Change image and share on social
I know many sports fans that don't enjoy soccer. The argument is that there's no action, not enough of it. Rabih Alameddine actionargumentenjoy Change image and share on social
I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic. Rabih Alameddine cuteexoticgreat Change image and share on social
A phoenix, Beirut seems to always pull itself out its ashes, reinvents itself, has been conquered numerous times in its 7,000-year history, yet it survives by both becoming whatever its conquerors wished it to be and retaining its idiosyncratic persona. Rabih Alameddine 000ashebeirut share on social
I stuck out more in an English public school than I would have had I marched in a May Day parade with the Red Army in Moscow or sashayed the Yves St. Laurent catwalk with supermodels or hunted seals with the Inuit or - well, you get the idea. Rabih Alameddine armycatwalkday share on social
I loved problems on paper, and I was good at math, but I was a mechanical engineer, and I never understood - or cared to - how a car worked. Rabih Alameddine carcareengineer Change image and share on social
