--- title: "1 Earth Think Quotes By Mourid Barghouti" description: "1 Earth Think quotes by Mourid Barghouti. Plus more from Mourid Barghouti and more Earth Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/mourid-barghouti-32520_books_when-you-hear-on-the-radio-and-read-in-n_1521395.jpg" --- > [“When you hear on the radio and read in newspapers and magazines and books and speeches the words 'the Occupied Territories' year after year, and festival after festival, and summit conference after summit conference, you think it's somewhere at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/when-you-hear-on-the-radio-and-read-in-newspapers-and-magazines-and/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/mourid-barghouti-32520_books_when-you-hear-on-the-radio-and-read-in-n_1521395.jpg) ## More by Mourid Barghouti > [“Hungarian Proverb: A dish of cabbages can be heated when it grows cold, but it will never taste the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/hungarian-proverb-a-dish-of-cabbages-can-be-heated-when-it-grows-cold/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [The fish, Even in the fisherman's net, Still carries, The smell of the sea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/the-fish-even-in-the-fisherman-s-net-still-carries-the-smell-of-the/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“It is easy to blur the truth with a simple linguistic trick: start your story from "Secondly." Yes, this is what Rabin did. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/it-is-easy-to-blur-the-truth-with-a-simple-linguistic-trick-start/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“I tried to put the displacement between parenthesis, to put a last period in a long sentence of the sadness of history, personal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/i-tried-to-put-the-displacement-between-parenthesis-to-put-a-last/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“In my despair I remember that there is life after death; there is life after death and I have no problem. But I ask:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/in-my-despair-i-remember-that-there-is-life-after-death-there-is-life/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“Pave the sea or hit your head against the wall if you wish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/pave-the-sea-or-hit-your-head-against-the-wall-if-you-wish/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“Palestine at this moment is not the golden map hanging on a golden chain adorning the throats of women exile. I used to wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/palestine-at-this-moment-is-not-the-golden-map-hanging-on-a-golden/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“And now I pass from my exile to their...homeland? My homeland? The West Bank and Gaza? The Occupied Territories? The Areas? Judea and Samaria?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/and-now-i-pass-from-my-exile-to-their-homeland-my-homeland-the-west/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [Behind me the world, ahead of me my world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/behind-me-the-world-ahead-of-me-my-world/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“When you hear on the radio and read in newspapers and magazines and books and speeches the words 'the Occupied Territories' year after year,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/when-you-hear-on-the-radio-and-read-in-newspapers-and-magazines-and/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [The Danger of a Single Story”, which has resonated with me immensely every time I read it. “Power is the ability not just to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/the-danger-of-a-single-story-which-has-resonated-with-me-immensely/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“You look out of the car window on your right and are surprised to find that the narrow, worn strip that carries you has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/you-look-out-of-the-car-window-on-your-right-and-are-surprised-to/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [If you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story and to start with 'secondly'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/if-you-want-to-dispossess-a-people-the-simplest-way-to-do-it-is-to/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“The homeland does not leave the body until the last moment, the moment of death. The fish, Even in the fisherman's net, Still carries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/the-homeland-does-not-leave-the-body-until-the-last-moment-the-moment/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) > [“The others are still masters of the place. They give you a permit. They check your papers. They start files on you. They make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mourid-barghouti/the-others-are-still-masters-of-the-place-they-give-you-a-permit-they/) [Mourid Barghouti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mourid-barghouti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth-think/mourid-barghouti/#itemlist", "name": "1 Earth Think Quotes By Mourid Barghouti", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When you hear on the radio and read in newspapers and magazines and books and speeches the words 'the Occupied Territories' year after year, and festival after festival, and summit conference after summit conference, you think it's somewhere at the end of the earth. You think there is absolutely no way you can get to it. Do you see how close it is? How touchable? How real? I can hold it in my hand, like a handkerchief. Now here I am looking at it. 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