The land and everything on it can be taken away, but no one can take away your knowledge or the degrees you earn

A persistent breeze lifted the thin curtains, fluttering a few moments of tranquility into the turbulent day.

Love cannot reconcile with deception

How can one find the first moment of love? When, in what instant, does the night's dark sky become blue?

I feel sad for him. Sad for the boy bound to the killer. I am sad for the youth betrayed by their leaders for symbols and flags and war and power.

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

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