أنا جدك يا حبيبي، سوا كُتّ مسلم وللا يهودي..
I'm your grandfather, my dear, whether you're a Muslim or a Jew.
From the novel Days in the Diaspora · Chapter 19 · Zaki al-Azra' (grandfather), when Galal asks 'and what about you?'
Words of a narrator or a character belong to the novel's world, not to the author's personal views.