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Quote by Nihad Qalei
لم يكن الفن وحده من ظلمني. فظلاّمي كثر…
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The speaker says that art is only one source of the harm or injustice they have suffered. Other people or forces have also treated them unjustly, and there are many of them. The ending leaves that wider group unnamed, emphasizing its size without explaining who the oppressors are.
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- التاريخ السوري المعاصر (quoting Baria Yaghi’s 1993 interview in Al-Hayat)
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