Dankour was the first beauty pageant winner to be crowned as Miss Iraq in 1947. Dankour was from an Iraqi-Jewish family in Baghdad. She was born and raised in Baghdad, and passed away 7 years ago in London.
“I get way too sensitive when I get attached to someone. I can detect the slightest change in the tone of their voice, and suddenly I’m spending all day trying to figure out what I did wrong.”
يكفيك أن تكون سعيدًا بنفسك بمجرد أن تصل إلى سريرك بنهاية اليوم وأنت محملاً بالحُب والعدل والضمير والرأفة..يكفيك أن تكون كائن بسيط مُسالم تنهي يومك بضميرٍ مُطمئن.
“So yes, we could kiss. I could kiss you and you could kiss me. There’s no science, plane ticket or clock stopping us. But if we kiss, it will end the world. And I’ve ended the world before. No one survived. Least of all of me.”
— Ian Thomas, The Missed Appointment
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