"The Orient is a stage on which the whole East is confined. On this stage, a drama is played out in which the West is the sole actor."

"The intellectual is someone who is always in search of the truth, even if it is uncomfortable."

"The university should be a place of critical inquiry, of intellectual freedom, of social responsibility."

"The intellectual is someone who is always standing up for the truth, even if it means sacrificing his own comfort."

"The relationship between Occident and Orient is a relationship of power, of domination, of varying degrees of a complex hegemony."