Regional Context Quotes

History is all explained by geography.

Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place.

The Palestinian population is relatively affluent in the Arab world. Poverty is not the root cause of the Palestinian problems.

Human rights and fundamental freedoms may be limited to meet the just requirements of national security, public order, public health, public safety, or public morality…. realization of human rights must be considered in the regional and national context bearing in mind different political, economic, legal, social, cultural, historical and religious backgrounds

I'm from Lebanon, and I've been exposed a lot to Syria.

The Palestinian population is relatively affluent in the Arab world. Poverty is not the root cause of the Palestinian problems.

Israel is so tiny. It's, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria.

I was born in a territory called Biran, in the eastern region of Cuba. It's known by that name, although it has never appeared on a map.

In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of the minorities. That's my job as a king. We have for example a Jewish ambassador in the US and a Christian in the UK.

We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.

My country and me, we are part of this region, we're not separated. We cannot discuss it as Syria or as me ; it should be as part, as a whole, as comprehensive. That's how we have to look at it.