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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central argument about nostalgia? Question 2 of 6What does the author say he personally longs for? Question 3 of 6What does the cycle of grandfather, father and son suggest? Question 4 of 6What does "forgets the censor who banned its sister" mean? Question 5 of 6Why does the author ask "glorious for whom?" Question 6 of 6What does loving the past "as we love an old photograph" imply? Vocabularyالِانْحِطَاطdecline, decadence
الْحَنِينnostalgia
الْمُسِنّthe elderly person
تَعْكِسُreflects
طَوَابِيرهits queues
الرَّقِيبthe censor
حُرِمَتْ مِنْwas denied
أَوْلَى بِهَاhad first claim on her
بَرْنَامَج سِيَاسِيّpolitical program
مَجِيدglorious
الرَّفّshelf
بِحَنَانtenderly