A Dictionary of Maqiao
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«بمكتباتهم يُعرَف الناس». وتُعَدّ زيارةُ مكتبات الآخرين من أنسب طرائق التعرُّف بأصحابها، لأنها تفسِّر طباعهم وهواجسهم وفوضاهم.
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In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the forty-three-year-old editor of French Elle, suffered a massive stroke that left him completely and permanently paralyzed, a victim of "locked-in syndrome." …
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