An instant can crush a brain and change the course of life, the course of history.

Love cannot reconcile with deception

For if life had taught her anything, it was that healing and peace can begin only with acknowledgment of wrongs committed.

the reverse side of love is unbearable loss.

We come from the land, give our love and labor to her, and she nurtures us in return. When we die, we return to the land. In a way, she owns us. Palestine owns us and we belong to her

Nima Shirazi is a rare voice of rational analysis and political insight that provides an eloquent counter to the pervasive absurdities that make up popular political discourse.

An instant can crush a brain and change the course of life, the course of history.