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“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.”

Quote by Elia Suleiman

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Elia Suleiman is an enigmatic artist, born on July 28, 1960. His work is known for its unique perspective and profound criticality, spanning various art forms. more

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“I do not teach history in my films. I don't have a linear point of view or argument. What I do in my films is to live the human experience; human, whether in Nazareth or anywhere else in the world.”

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“I don't think you can strategize to be poetic and neither can you strategize to be funny. It is not a tool, it is itself - it comes from the moment, from the character, from the background, from the streets.”

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“People in power tend to find poetry dangerous to them because it is dislocating, they can't catch it, can't control it. They prefer coherence, what's blunt and has clarity.”

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“Living more intensely, more lovingly, with more camaraderie, that is in itself resistance.”

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“I am more at peace than I've ever known myself to be. My connectedness to the world is more intense. I am more attentive to the humanity around me.”

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