Zaghrouda Famous Quotes & Sayings

Palestinian weddings are celebrated over coffee, but when a young man is killed his mother is held up over his grave. 'Trill out your zaghrouda [ululation], his friends say, the shabab who might die tomorrow. A mother says to me: 'Our joy-cries now only ring out in the face of death. Our world is upside down.'
Under the Gun, A Palestinian Journey - MEZZATERRA: FRAGMENTS FROM THE COMMON GROUND — Ahdaf Soueif

Ah coffee, the elixir of gods and humans. — Jacqueline M. Battisti

Expectation is a statistical fiction, like having 2.5 children. — William Poundstone

I'm John the Fourth, so I think there's a lot of things in life that have been truly handed to me by the hard work and the pain of others. — John Ridley

I think the human species is very suicidal. — Eve Ensler

The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer. — Eugene Delacroix

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. — Harry S. Truman

There ain't a woman in the world that wants to hear the word yes when she asks if you think that she looks chubby in that dress. And if she cooks all day you better eat it with a smile; it doesn't matter if it tastes just like bad gravy on a Goodyear tire. — Brad Paisley

At the worst it was eight hours of makeup, and I couldn't sit down; I was in this crouched position. [on the traumas of being an actor in full make up] — Jim Caviezel