Quotes From "Quixote In Ramadi: An Indigenous Account Of Imperialism" By M.B. Dallocchio

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I have been cheated out of being treated like a human being. In my reflection I saw an empty vessel. They had cheated me and I was desperate to make the sharp pain in my head stop. M.B. Dallocchio
2
Ramadi’s sky was generously filled with stars. Celestial ornaments set against a banner of a deep blue velvet sky. It was a place where hell, death, and heaven were so clear and the closest I’ve felt to all three in my life. M.B. Dallocchio
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I wasn’t a person after all. I was simply this exotic thing for people to observe and investigate, an alien in any environment I was in. M.B. Dallocchio