“I was 16 when my father died, and I had a choice to come back and live in his house or I'd stay at the school. But I felt if my father wanted me to go to that school when I was 5, there must have been a reason - and I understood that reason when I was a teenager, because that school became the only place where I was safe.” IfsHas BeensReasonWantedSchoolChoicesFatherHouseFeltSafeUnderstoodDiedTeenagerFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Rula Jebreal
“My father was my mother's home, the one place that she knew she could be safe. It was all a journey of faith for him, and I think he felt like if you don't find more love and understanding at the end of a journey like that, then you are lost - and if you only find hate and resentment, it will destroy you. I believe that.” IfsThinkingBelieveEndsHomeMotherHateFatherLostI BelieveFeltUnderstandingJourneySafeResentmentEnd Of Journey Author:Rula Jebreal
“What I love most about New York is that I can walk in the street and nobody is looking at me as if I'm different. In my country and in Italy, you have to choose sides. I was a famous journalist and I was also an immigrant and ultimately I never stopped feeling like I was a guest.” IfsI CanDifferentCountryFeelingsSidesWalksStreetsNew YorkJournalistImmigrantsGuests Author:Rula Jebreal
