"The Palestinian cause is not just a cause for Palestinians, but a cause for all who believe in justice and human rights."

"The world is not a pleasant place. And there is no escape from it."

"The intellectual is not an expert, but a generalist, a humanist, a universalist."

"The intellectual's role is to be a gadfly, to sting the conscience of society, to provoke thought and debate."

"The West’s view of Islam is a form of racism."