quotes of the day
"This was a generation that felt betrayed by the slogans of the past- by shrill nationalism and half-baked socialism and hollow democracy. Looking for a source of hope, Cairo's disappointed, left-behind youth found a simple message plastered now on walls all over the city. The message said, Islam is the Solution."
-Max Rodenbeck in Cairo: The City Victorious, on the 1980's and 90's.
"But I thought they declared peace in the Middle East!"
-Alicia Silverstone as Cher in Clueless, 1995.
(I really recommend Rodenbeck's book, by the way, if anyone for some reason feels like reading about Cairo.)
-Max Rodenbeck in Cairo: The City Victorious, on the 1980's and 90's.
"But I thought they declared peace in the Middle East!"
-Alicia Silverstone as Cher in Clueless, 1995.
(I really recommend Rodenbeck's book, by the way, if anyone for some reason feels like reading about Cairo.)