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أنا أحب سليم سركيس لا جريدته — وأعاشر الرجل لا سياسته.
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The speaker distinguishes personal affection from agreement with public positions. They care for Salim Sarkis as a person, while rejecting any automatic attachment to his newspaper or politics. Knowing, respecting, or associating with someone does not require sharing everything that person publishes or believes.
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- Hindawi, الموسيقى الشرقية والغناء العربي
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