“I have a problem with the fact that when it's brought up, it's not really discussed. It's all that's brought up. So-and-so is an Arab American or a Palestinian or Muslim or a doctor with or without borders and there's really no meaningful entry into those hyphenations.” FactsProblemDoctorsMeaningfulBordersPalestinianEntry Author:Fady Joudah
“What I'm trying to say is: it gets boring when nothing meaningful is discussed about it. It's the same thing when a woman poet writes about suffering - it's a "woman's tendency to depression and grief." It's not a human, universal tackling of something that exists in all of us. It's suddenly a "woman issue."” WritingTryingHumansSufferingGriefIssuesPoetUniversalBoringMeaningfulTendenciesTackling Author:Fady Joudah
“The more money you make, the more the culture already attracts you to serve it, with an aura of glitter and power, to reproduce it in even stronger ways. And you have to resist that so much if any meaningful artistic integrity is to be had.” IfsWayCultureIntegrityStrongerMeaningfulArtisticMore MoneyGlitterAurasArtistic Integrity Author:Fady Joudah
