What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two … - Amin Maalouf

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Amin Maalouf

What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural traditions. It is precisely this that defines my identity. Would I exist more authentically if I cut off a part of myself

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