" What does it mean to be an Arab in a region where persecution is often based not on race or ethnicity but on religious sect? What does it mean to be an Arab when your lands were colonized first by the Arabians, then by the Ottomans, then by the Europeans, and finally, along with the rest of the world, by capitalism itself? "

― Ruby Hamad , White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color