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 Read Quote
As teenagers, a lot of us just did not want much to do with Arabic culture – we looked to the West. Rabih Alameddine Read Quote
I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible. Rabih Alameddine Read Quote
I can make up stories with the best of them. I’ve been telling stories since I was a little kid. Rabih Alameddine Read Quote
I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic. Rabih Alameddine Read Quote
The reasons why a player is better on one club than on another are many. I certainly am not an expert and can’t explain. Rabih Alameddine Read Quote
I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does. Rabih Alameddine Read Quote
In the summer of 1988, my father took me up to look at the remains of our home, the dream house that he’d built. It was my first time since our family left four years earlier. Political and obscene graffiti covered the half-torn walls. There was no ceiling and surprisingly no floor: the parquet, the stone, the marble, all looted. Rabih Alameddine Read Quote
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 Read Quote
