Arab Ancestry

Famous quotes containing the words arab and/or ancestry:

    “I saw the Arab map.
    It resembled a mare shuffling on,
    dragging its history like saddlebags,
    nearing its tomb and the pitch of hell.”
    —Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said] (b. 1930)

    “Both the ancestry and posterity of Grief go further than the ancestry and posterity of Joy.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)