می خواستم زندگی کنم ، راهم را بستند
ستایش کردم ، گفتند خرافات است
عاشق شدم ، گفتند دروغ است
گریستم ، گفتند بهانه است
خندیدم ، گفتند دیوانه است
دنیا را نگه دارید ، می خواهم پیاده شوم


Ali Shariati

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SOHRAB SEPEHRI
تنها يک مساله اساسي فلسفی وجود دارد و آنهم خودکشی ست . ت�...
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دریا را تا می کنم
می گذارم زیر سرم
زل می زنم
به م...
گروس عبدالملکیان
من زمانم را این گونه قسمت کرده ام: نیمش را می خوابم، و در...
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روح روز تابستانی و
نفسِ گل سرخی،
تابستان اما س�...
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
آیا هیچ می‌دانید که اگر شما گیوتین را به جلو صحنه آورده...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY
دختران شهر
به روستا فکر می کنند
دختران روستا
�...
گروس عبدالملکیان
دهان ات را می بویند
مبادا که گفته باشی دوست ات می دار�...
احمد شاملو
شاعر کیست؟ انسانی اندوهگین که غم ژرفش را در قلب نهان می ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD
عشق جان است
عشقِ تو
جان تر

"مولوی
RUMI
... به همین خاطر است که جان من پیوسته به سوی عهد عتیق و شک�...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD
کلی کتاب و مجله و روزنامه خوانده بود. می دانست اگر از خا�...
NEIL GAIMAN
اسرائیل آینه‌ی تمام‌نمای جهان معاصر است. وقتی انقلاب �...
SEYED MUSA SADR [سید موسی صدر]
روزگارى، غريبه اى را ديدم كه در صحرا گم شده بود. از او پر...
NADER EBRAHIMI
ای آدمها!

ای آدمها که بر ساحل نشسته، شاد و خندانید...
NIMA YUSHIJ
اگر می توانستم
اگر داغ رسم قدیم شقایق نبود
اگر دفت...
قیصر امین‌پور
سودای دلنشینِ نخستین و آخرین

عمرم گذشته است و تو�...
حسین منزوی
کنار تختش نشستم. سرش را به طرفم برمی‌گرداند و وقتی چشم�...
JOHN GREEN
در آبهای سبز تابستان
تنها تر از یک برگ
با بار شاد�...
FOROUGH FARROKHZAD
من بیشتر با شکست یافتگان احساس همدردی می‌کنم تا با مقد�...
ALBERT CAMUS
همه ی مردم آن‌چه را که دوست می‌دارند می‌کشند
گروهی ...
OSCAR WILDE
شیعه، کسی است که برای اهل سنت، اسلام و آرمان‌های اسلام ...
SEYED MUSA SADR [سید موسی صدر]
تو رفته‌ای
و بحران نوشیدن چای
بی تو در این خانه
پوریا عالمی
زندگي شايد
يك خيابان درازست كه هر روز زني با زنبيلي ا...
FOROUGH FARROKHZAD
می تراود مهتاب


می تراود مهتاب
می درخشد شب ت�...
NIMA YUSHIJ
حالم چو دلیری است که از بخت بد خویش
در لشکر دشمن پسری ...
حسین جنتی
آن جا که تمام جامعه بد است، فقط می توان در مبارزه شرکت ک�...
SARTRE JEAN-PAUL
انسانی که با سکوت دم‌خور نشود
.نمی‌تواند که با عشق م...
SHERKO BEKAS
غزل

چون سنگ ها صداي مرا گوش مي كني
سنگي و ناشني...
FOROUGH FARROKHZAD
هی فلانی! زندگی شاید همین باشد؟
یک فریب ساده و کوچک
مهدی اخوان ثالث
تنها
من از کودکی چنان نبوده ام که دیگران،
چنان ندی...
EDGAR ALLAN POE
کاش
قناری می فهمید زندگی پرواز نیست
MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN KHOSH BAYAN
پنج سالم بود
خواهرم مرا در کمد انداخت و در را قفل کرد<...
احسان افشاری
آن نخل ناخلف که تبر شد ز ما نبود
ما را زمانه گر شکند، �...
محمدعلی صائب تبریزی
کیستی که من
این گونه به جد
در دیار رویاهای خویش
...
احمد شاملو
من دختری را می‌شناسم که دلش می‌خواست با یک فلفل دلمه‌�...
حبیبه جعفریان
چرا کار و بار «لوس بازی» سکه شده؟
چرا همه مثل هم حرف م...
نادر فتوره‌چی
من از خوش باوری در پیله خود فکر می کردم

خدا دارد ف�...
فاضل نظری
فصل عوض می‌شود
جای آلو را
خرمالو می‌گیرد
جای د...
علیرضا روشن
اندیشیدن، سرآغاز تحلیل رفتن است
ALBERT CAMUS
مصـراعی سـت از شعـر ورلن
.که من دیگـر به خاطـر نمـی آ�...
JORGE LUIS BORGES
از همان زمان برمن روشن شد که خانواده به‌طور ضمنی به اصل...
SALMAN RUSHDIE
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گوش ...
NIMA YUSHIJ
گرم بازآمدی محبوب سیم اندام سنگین دل
گل از خارم برآو�...
سعدی شیرازی
اگر میخواهید جایی زندگی کنید که مردمش از موش ها نمیترسن...
EMILY LOCKHART
هنگام مطالعه‌ی نظریات هر فیلسوفی٬ طرز برخورد درست نه ا...
BERTRAND RUSSELL
در نگاه‌ ات همه‌ي مهرباني‌هاست:
قاصدي که زنده‌گي ر...
احمد شاملو
بودا برخاست و رفت و نگاه او و نیمه تبسمش در خاطره سیذارت...
HERMANN HESSE
آیا مضحک تر از این مردم یافت می شود، که هیچ وقت از آزادی ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD
به کجا چنین شتابان؟
گون از نسیم پرسید
- دل من گرفته...
محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی
آه …
سهم من اينست
سهم من اينست
سهم من ،
آسمان...
FOROUGH FARROKHZAD
وقتی خدا میخواست تو را بسازد چه حال خوشی داشت
چه حوصل...
عباس معروفی
در کوچه باد می اید
این ابتدای ویرانیست
آن روز هم �...
FOROUGH FARROKHZAD
،درد را دوسـت نـدارم
،هـرگز هـم آن را دوســت نـخـواه...
CHRISTIAN BOBIN
شایع ترین نوع نومیدی آن است که فرد نخواهد خودش باشد.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD
دردها، اگر فرد را نشکنند، به او غرور می آموزند.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD
‌آنچه كه سبب شود كه نيستي صورت هستي به خود گيرد آفرينش �...
PLATO
،در سرزمین‌ِ من‌
،روزنامه‌ لال‌ به‌ دنیا می‌ آید<...
شیرکو بیکس
انسان خوب، هر جا دوستى داشته باشد، بى شک دشمنى هم دارد. �...
NADER EBRAHIMI
من
پري كوچك غمگيني را
مي شناسم كه در اقيانوسي مسك�...
FOROUGH FARROKHZAD
صدای قلب نیست
صدای پای توست
که شب ها در سینه ام می �...
گروس عبدالملکیان
وقتی که حرف می‌زنیم بیشتر می‌خواهیم خودمان را قانع کن�...
فریدون تنکابنی
هر کس روزنه ای است به سوی خداوند، اگر اندوهناک شود. اگر �...
MOSTAFA MASTOOR
گريس خودش نمي دانست چقدر سرد است، فكر مي كرد اشتياقي كه ...
ALICE MUNRO
اي دوست ،اي برادر، اي همخون
وقتي به ماه رسيدي
تاري...
FOROUGH FARROKHZAD
انبان حرص را جز آوار
هیچ آذوقه ای پر نمی کند.
حسین پناهی
آقاي كوينر گفت: خطاي آشكار و رايجي است كه مردم عشق را با�...
BERTOLT BRECHT
باید امشب چمدانی را
که به اندازه تنهایی من جا دارد، ب...
سهراب سپهری
من از شب حرف می زنم
من از نهایت تاریکی و از نهایت شب ح�...
FOROUGH FARROKHZAD
دختر سياسى، بهتر از پسر سياسى است. مردان، انگار كه براى ...
NADER EBRAHIMI
LATENT TALENT

Anagram of complacency

Kamil Ali
KAMIL ALI
با مرگ بگریزم
تا کهکشان‌ها
زیرا با زندگی
راه چ�...
بیژن جلالی
ORTHODOX PARADOX

Religion, unlike ethnicity, is inculcated

Kamil Ali
KAMIL ALI
GENES

G raft of yourself
E endowment
N ew generation
E volution
S urv...
KAMIL ALI
PATCHES' OF AUTHORITY

Preteens Adhere, Teens Challenge, Hideout, Elderly Shun

...
KAMIL ALI
MATTER OF FACTION

Fractionalization by God or marginalization by man?

Kamil Al...
KAMIL ALI
کوه با نخستين سنگ‌ها آغاز مي‌شود
و انسان با نخستين �...
احمد شاملو
ADVERSE REVERSE

Advanced technology has regressed us into warmongering apes with superior...
KAMIL ALI
POSTHUMOUS POSTPONEMENT

FACT: Unlike airplanes, many dreams take off after the pilot's de...
KAMIL ALI
RECURRENT CURRENTS

Like the ocean, life ebbs and flows with the occasional rip

KAMIL ALI
نمی‌دانم این "چیزی شدن" را چه کسی توی دهان ما انداخت؟ از...
نسیم مرعشی
People are not an interruption of our business. People are our business.
A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.
The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.
The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in men. Ordinary people see no diff...
The intelligence is proved not by ease of learning, but by understanding what we learn.
Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words.
Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads
Let love through good deeds show.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness.
That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
Our wisdom comes usually from our experience, and our experience comes largely from our experience.
One thing about the school of experience is that it will repeat the lesson if you flunk the first ti...
To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to...
Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of...

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I hate to be waiting all my life. Just tell me.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school.
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I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
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Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutral...
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Ralph Miliband was a socialist intellectual of great integrity. He belonged to a generation of socia...
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The hostility between India and Pakistan has become a habit to which both the elites have become add...
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be jus...
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Power can shape 'truth,' but not forever.
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The only continent where social movements have led to political parties that have pushed through ser...
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The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of ...
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Poland, after the First World War, was beset by chaos, disorder, and a foolish incursion by the Red ...
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In the Seventies, we still had dreams and hopes of Utopia, but by the end of the decade, the world h...
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I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
IMTIAZ ALI
Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with 'Highway,' there was ...
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All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.
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Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.
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It's in my blood to be around people while I was training.
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I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back.
MUHAMMAD ALI
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You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman's behind.
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White people just don't want their slaves to be free. That's the whole thing.
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Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.
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When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.
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I'm more at home with my log cabins than I am in my house in Cherry Hill.
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The white man is destroying the world.
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Joe Frazier got hit more than me - and he doesn't have Parkinson's.
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No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.
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There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
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I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
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I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!
MUHAMMAD ALI
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don&...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the...
MUHAMMAD ALI
When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Oly...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I should be a postage stamp, because that's the only way I'll ever get licked. I'm beaut...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the r...
MUHAMMAD ALI
No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white gi...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I shook up the world, I shook up the world.
MUHAMMAD ALI
The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life.
MUHAMMAD ALI
To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S....
MUHAMMAD ALI
I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brin...
MUHAMMAD ALI
It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.
MUHAMMAD ALI
The Nation of Islam's main focus was teaching black pride and self-awareness. Why should we keep...
MUHAMMAD ALI
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have se...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I don't have to be what you want me to be.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have.
MUHAMMAD ALI
My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Go up in an airplane. Go high enough, and it's like we don't even exist.
MUHAMMAD ALI
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep co...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Don't feel sorry for me.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow,...
MUHAMMAD ALI
America is the greatest country in the world.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when J...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people ...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That&#...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
MUHAMMAD ALI
My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
MUHAMMAD ALI
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
MUHAMMAD ALI
It's not bragging if you can back it up.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.
MUHAMMAD ALI
All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens yo...
LAILA ALI
Running is my time for myself. I'm like, 'I'm going for a run!' and my husband knows...
LAILA ALI
People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of t...
LAILA ALI
My kids know the importance of being active - and that's why teaming up with the USTA was such a...
LAILA ALI
I don't play video games. My husband does. He plays sometimes the football, and every once in a ...
LAILA ALI
I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
LAILA ALI
I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in ste...
LAILA ALI
My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I ...
LAILA ALI
I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.
LAILA ALI
I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don'...
LAILA ALI
I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working ...
LAILA ALI
I do my best to work out 5 days a week. There are times when I can only get in 3 days a week because...
LAILA ALI
I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap va...
LAILA ALI
Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.
LAILA ALI
People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If...
LAILA ALI
I like to play by my own rules.
LAILA ALI
My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated...
LAILA ALI
You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
LAILA ALI
While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind w...
LAILA ALI
I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and ma...
LAILA ALI
I saw women's boxing on television for the first time when I was 18, and that's when I wante...
LAILA ALI
I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
LAILA ALI
There's this Method Man album called 'Tical.' It's his first album. I would just lis...
MAHERSHALA ALI
My friends in college, several of whom are still my closest companions, would tell you that I was al...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
MAHERSHALA ALI
People do bad things, but that doesn't mean they don't have other colors or qualities.
MAHERSHALA ALI
In my humble opinion, the ages 22 to about 27 are the most critical years of your adult life. It'...
MAHERSHALA ALI
At that moment in time when we feel like the other, we were not the person embraced, not one of the ...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, dep...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Now, being one who lived in the era of Obama, there are so many markers of improvement made. It'...
MAHERSHALA ALI
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is diff...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I have had that same experience where there are several people who have come up in my life at the ri...
MAHERSHALA ALI
You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse wor...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I don't really compare any of the characters I play; I try to go into them being very open to wh...
MAHERSHALA ALI
There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me - those are some of t...
MAHERSHALA ALI
'Moonlight' is a project that resonated with me more than anything else. I wouldn't have...
MAHERSHALA ALI
The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
MAHERSHALA ALI
It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so i...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Understand that we are all co-creators of our respective destinies.
MAHERSHALA ALI
Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you hav...
MAHERSHALA ALI
To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere, and always ...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Who is that person that comes around and says, 'You are OK, you are worthy, you are special?'...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Social media has colonized what was once a sacred space occupied by emptiness: the space reserved fo...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Family are the people that can hurt you the most.
MAHERSHALA ALI
I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playin...
NADIA ALI
I love music in general. It's like girls and their clothes and shoes; when you love shoes, you l...
NADIA ALI
I believe the most attractive thing about a guy is his personality and the way he views the world. I...
NADIA ALI
The advice I would give to girls from Eastern backgrounds who are interested in the arts is that it ...
NADIA ALI
I love the Middle East and have been lucky enough to visit a few of the countries like Egypt, Lebano...
NADIA ALI
As a person, I believe that I am sensitive, which helped me be the artist I am.
NADIA ALI
I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
NADIA ALI
I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights b...
NADIA ALI
Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me...
NADIA ALI
I think being an Asian woman has been more of an advantage than a disadvantage. It helps me stand ou...
NADIA ALI
Since I was a child, I always loved music that made me want to dance. As a teenager, I used to dance...
NADIA ALI
How could 30 years be the blink-of-the-eye it felt? It was the difference between black-and-white fo...
ALI SMITH
Cause nobody's the slightest idea who we are, or who we were, not even we ourselves
- except, ...
ALI SMITH
We form bonds. It's a very female bonding kind of dance.
AISHA ALI
It's normal to move the pelvis. It's not meant to be lascivious. It's meant to be a form of everyday...
AISHA ALI
Eventually they get interested in all the different kinds of music we play...and they want to know a...
AISHA ALI
The neck moves and the shoulders move and the chest lifts and the diaphragm lifts. The pelvis goes u...
AISHA ALI
The builders have no right to construct any building without the approval of the layout plans by the...
AHMED ALI
Suddenly we found the Sunnis pushed out of the Iraqi government. Because of that, we decided to go t...
AHMED ALI
All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam...
AHMED ALI