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Quotes by Syrian Authors


"Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me."

"We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience."

"Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation."

"When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused."

"It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it."


"Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up."

"We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs."

"Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist."

"The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it."

"Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water."

"The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement."

"As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland."

"America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit."

"The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq."

"When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country."
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