“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.” PeopleIfsGivingBeautifulPoliticalHeavenSolutionsTragedyKillingLove LifeJustifyPalestinianVirgins Author:Mahmoud Darwish
“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.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingSometimesMotherPoetSymbolsPalestinianPalestine Author:Mahmoud Darwish
“The Palestinians are the only nation in the world that feels with certainty that today is better than what the days ahead will hold. Tomorrow always heralds a worse situation.” WorldFeelsTodayNationsSituationTomorrowCertaintyPalestinian Author:Mahmoud Darwish
