Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself. Rabih Alameddine motivateoneselfwriter Change image and share on social
As teenagers, a lot of us just did not want much to do with Arabic culture - we looked to the West. Rabih Alameddine arabicculturelook Change image and share on social
If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God. Rabih Alameddine allaharabicenglish Change image and share on social
I always say show me a storyteller who doesn't embellish, and I'll show you a bad one. Rabih Alameddine badembellishshow Change image and share on social
The relationship between France and its 'foreign' players - blacks and North African Arabs - has always been troubled, particularly with Algerians. Rabih Alameddine africanalgerianarab Change image and 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
All living languages are promiscuous. We promiscuous speakers shamelessly shoplift words, plucking bons mots and phrases from any tempting language. We wear these words when we wish to be more formal, more elegant, more mysterious, worldly, precise, vague. Rabih Alameddine bonelegantformal share on social
I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught. Rabih Alameddine readshakespeareteach Change image and share on social
I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books. Rabih Alameddine beginbookmother 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