إحنا رجَّالة يا سيادة النقيب، وعمرنا ما نسبب أذى للي وقع في عرضنا ولو حزُّوا رقبتنا بالسيف.
We are men, Captain, and we never bring harm to one who has thrown himself on our protection, even if they cut our throats with the sword.
From the novel Port Said 68 · Chapter 28 · character: Corporal Mursal (Bedouin from Bir al-Abd, Sinai), volunteering to cross the Canal alone
Words of a narrator or a character belong to the novel's world, not to the author's personal views.