My Love, I Fear The Silence Of

I Don't Decide To Represent Anything Except Myself. But That Self Is Full Of Collective Memory.

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.

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.

The Poem Is In My Hands, And Can Run Stories Through Her Hands.

May Poetry And God's Name Have Mercy On Us!