Palestine is about how we drink the water, whether we are being ecological or not. Palestine is our way of exercising our daily living. That's what's going to solve the problem of Palestine. It's also how we think of ourselves… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
The problem is that when you grow absolutely certain that all authorities are corrupt, then that would include the Palestinian authorities as well. — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
I'm not in the business of saying just one thing about just one place. If you only see Palestine in my films, then I've… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
The desire to express in an art form and to compose a tableau and vignette whether it's humorous, burlesque, or poetic comes simply from… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
Silence can be intimidating, sometimes provocative, sometimes a form of resistance because it dislocates. — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
Israel, the Israelis, and the rest of the world have been brainwashed. They don't think of pre-1948, they have no idea Palestinians were in… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
To think of a film from the point of view of a tank barrel is already so inhumanly positioned. This is when film can… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
Living more intensely, more lovingly, with more camaraderie, that is in itself resistance. — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
I'm trying to use Palestine as a microcosm of the world, but maybe the world is a microcosm of Palestine. We're living in a… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
People in power tend to find poetry dangerous to them because it is dislocating, they can't catch it, can't control it. They prefer coherence,… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
I am more at peace than I've ever known myself to be. My connectedness to the world is more intense. I am more attentive… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
There are a lot of questions that come out of the silence. It is so close to the infinite. — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
