"In the last twenty years, the separation between Palestinians and Israelis has become much more severe than before. Y…"

"Differences between people are used to commit injustice—that was an early lesson about racism."

"If you are listening, it becomes so natural that you care, and you create a connection of care toward others that is …"

"People may gain from literature what they cannot get from their own lives. It’s not escapism but rather a kind of ope…"

"this landscape has an alliance with language; they exist together and actually can haunt you, despite any attempt at …"

"I’m open to where life leads me."

"There was a certain period of time a person could either be inside or outside of Palestine. But now our being is alwa…"

"I always ask myself what kind of terrible things I could commit. This is a question for any human being."

"I am for polyphony: there can be many, many different languages. Considering all these current divisions between ethn…"

"Once my engagement with any text as a writer finishes, and it's finally published or appears in book form, I never re…"