اللي بيته من زجاج ما يحدف الناس بالحجار
“He whose house is made of glass should not throw stones at people.”
Do not criticize others for faults you share yourself.
— Traditional Palestine Wisdom, Palestine
Source: Traditional Palestinian proverb, shared Levantine Arab oral tradition, public-domain oral tradition
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