We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.
For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity.
I never wanted children, maybe I'm afraid of responsibility.
The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.
We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.
I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets.