"The Arab world is seen as a place of violence and irrationality."

"The Orient is a stage on which the whole East is confined. On this stage, a drama is played out in which the West is the sole actor."

"The Palestinian narrative has been systematically excluded from Western discourse."

"The intellectual must be an exile, an outcast, a marginal figure."

"The intellectual's role is to be an amateur, someone who considers that what he does is not a way of making a living but is an activity that takes place during free time."