"The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been since antiquity a place of romance, exotic beings, haunting memories and landscapes, remarkable experiences."

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

"The Palestinian people have a right to self-determination, to a state of their own, to live in peace and dignity."

"The concept of 'terrorism' is often used to demonize and dehumanize those who resist oppression."

"The West has a long history of misrepresenting the East, of constructing it as an exotic, irrational, and inferior other."