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

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

Would words shatter the immensity of life and death so close to one another?

We're all born with the greatest treasures we'll ever have in life. One of those treasures is your mind, another is your heart.

For I'll keep my humanity, though I did not keep my promises. ... and Love shall not be wrested from my veins.

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

The roots of our grief coil so deeply into loss that death has cometo live with us like a family member who makes you happy by avoidingyou, but who is still one of the family. Our anger is a rage that Westerners cannot understand. Our sadness can make the stonesweep. And the way we love is no exception