And I Tell Myself, A Moon Will

We Have To Understand - Not Justify - What Gives Rise To This Tragedy. It's Not Because They're Looking For Beautiful Virgins In Heaven, As Orientalists Portray It. Palestinian People Are In Love With Life. If We Give Them Hope - A Political Solution - They'll Stop Killing Themselves.

Sometimes I Feel As If I Am Read Before I Write. When I Write A Poem About My Mother, Palestinians Think My Mother Is A Symbol For Palestine. But I Write As A Poet, And My Mother Is My Mother. She's Not A Symbol.

History Laughs At Both The Victim And The Aggressor.

For The Arabs In Israel There Is Always A Tension Between Nationality And Identity.

Life Defined Only As The Opposite Of Death Is Not Life.