"I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result."

"The intellectual is someone who is always questioning, always doubting, always criticizing."

"Zionism is a form of imperialism."

"The West has created a monolithic image of Islam."

"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."