Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the …
But on the occasions that I did capture ships, let me tell you: I could judge the wealth of a passenger by their outrage. By their fury. Men and women who were more offended at the audacity of a poor local demanding a cut of the riches they built on our sea than by the possibility of losing their lives. How dare we? Did we not know that our place was to shut up and stay silent?
— The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (Page 160)