“I think that whatever we express in terms of the potential truth is above all else about mobilizing ourselves for ourselves. We learn about ourselves as individuals. Identification with Palestine is universal and not restricted to geographic boundaries. It's a question of moral and ethical positions vis-à-vis all the injustices that surround us.” ThinkingIndividualTermMoralPositionTruth IsUniversalInjusticeBoundariesEthicalSurroundPalestineIdentification Author:Elia Suleiman
“It's important for me to not historicize. I work to diffuse the issue of identity and to intensify identification. You have to lose your authority in the making of a film to achieve this. The film is about me being absolutely dislocated. I focus on the very personal to arrive at the very political.” ImportantFilmPoliticalLosesIssuesFocusAchieveIdentityAuthorityIdentification Author:Elia Suleiman
“Someone like myself is not from one place. I am in total identification with the New York, French, and Palestine experience and do not stop at the borders of identity.” New YorkIdentityBordersPalestineIdentification Author:Elia Suleiman
