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Arab World Quotes

Perspectives on a region often generalized.

This set of Arab world quotes reflects on media influence, cultural identity, and how sweeping outside narratives often miss everyday complexity. Related reading: our Free quotes.

Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a...

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

The Arab world is mediatised in a way that gives too much space to these people - puritans, extremists, whatever you want to call them. There are a lot more people like me in the Middle East than you might...

Quotes by Yasmine Hamdan

Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.

Quotes by Yasser Arafat

Believe Quotes

One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.

Quotes by Yair Lapid

The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe.

Quotes by William Odom

Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.

Quotes by Wadah Khanfar

The Arab world is erupting, which is extraordinary, and to see it happen is like watching rings spreading on a pool - it goes out; it varies so much. The spontaneity is wonderful, but very often, if it's not well...

Quotes by W. S. Merwin

The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as the Gulf states - was the outcome of an intensive experience of Anglo-French colonialism.

Quotes by Tariq Ali

Free Quotes

The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.

Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun

We believe that the Arab world has been there for centuries, and thousands of years, and it'll keep on continuing being there. All we have to do is work together.

Quotes by Saad Hariri

Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority, not only in the Arab world but all over the world.

Quotes by Robert Reich

Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.

Quotes by Rick Larsen

One sure way to ruin American credibility in the Arab world is to sit silently in Damascus and look like you're part of the Assad show.

Quotes by Richard Grenell

Look Quotes

Biden's support for Mubarak in the face of his falling regime sends a powerful and unfortunate message to the Arab world that their freedoms are negotiable.

Quotes by Richard Grenell

The ayatollahs are trying to unite the whole Arab world against Israel by saying that Israel is something that should be brought to an end.

Quotes by Reuven Rivlin

I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.

Quotes by Queen Rania of Jordan

Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was no indication of what the people inside the USSR really thought, the army of true believers that we think we see in the Arab world...

Quotes by Natan Sharansky

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.

Quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

Me Quotes

What we need to do is we need to come to grips with this cancerous form of the Islamic religion that is breaking down the Arab world order, and that is very clear.

Quotes by Michael T. Flynn

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Frequently Asked Questions

What role does media play in this topic?
A significant one, one sample specifically credits a major broadcaster with a reputation for representing freedom of expression across the region.
Does this topic describe the region as uniform?
No, one voice pushes back on that idea directly, noting that many people share views closer to their own than outside coverage often suggests.
Is there a quote about unity or division?
Yes, one uses a striking image, describing a shared cultural connection as something that can either hold the region together or pull it apart.
Does this topic touch on major historical change?
Yes, one sample reflects on a period of significant upheaval, describing it as extraordinary and comparing its spread to ripples across water.
How does this connect to Free quotes?
Since expression and openness are recurring ideas here, our Free quotes offer a closely related theme to explore next.

From a major broadcaster's reputation for open expression to observations on how the region gets represented in wider coverage, these lines push back on oversimplified framing. See also our Look and Believe quotes.