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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.

Palestinian People Are In Love With Life.

The Metaphor For Palestine Is Stronger Than The Palestine Of Reality.

Every Beautiful Poem Is An Act Of Resistance.

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