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I love you because with you I discovered something new and foreign to me, something called joy… All those I loved before you made me a cage, a whip, a bridle, scissors for my wings, and a muzzle for the gypsy songs deep within me… So love became a prison and dialogue a trial… And they taught me sadness, cruelty, indifference, treachery, and bitter mockery… With you. I met the sun, shook hands with laughter, danced with innocence… and presented my credentials to the sunrise… and discovered how beautiful your blue whisper is at dawn. The wonder of reading Ghada al-Samman stems from this writer’s ability and audacity to imagine and construct beautiful or surprising images that the reader doesn’t expect. However, this wonder also stems from the writer’s constant insistence on proclaiming love, so that her literary output seems to be dedicated to a single love and a continuous call for joy amidst difficult times.
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