“There is life here. Anyone reading this is breathing, maybe hurting, but breathing for sure. And if there is any light to come, it will shine from the eyes of those who look for peace and justice after the rubble… — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
“What I Will by Suheir Hammad I will not dance to your war drum. I will not lend my soul nor my bones to… — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
War and tooth enameled salted lemon childhoods All colors run, none of us solid Don't look for shadow behind me I carry it within… — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
“a woman will tell you every home she has ever inhabited has been broken into starting with her body” — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
“There is life here. Anyone reading this is breathing, maybe hurting, but breathing for sure. And if there is any light to come, it… — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
I am so old-fashioned. I've never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent. — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
“... in the world, it will be women, mostly colored and poor. women will have to bury children, and support themselves through grief.” — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
I understand now my father really thought he was doing me good. Education means a lot to Palestinians. We’ve become some of the most… — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
I do not know how bad a life has to break in order to kill. I have never been so hungry that I willed… — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
The machine will grind you down, but the machine is not bigger than the imagination. Rome fell in a day. We know this. — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
