Nothing is harder on the soul, than the smell of dreams, while they're evaporating.
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.
My love, I fear the silence of your hands.
To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language.
May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!