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> [I couldn't lie anymore to my kids telling them that they are equal citizens in the state of Israel. They cannot be equal because in order to fit in and to be accepted and to be a citizen in Israel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-couldn-t-lie-anymore-to-my-kids-telling-them-that-they-are-equal/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

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## More by Sayed Kashua

> [Probably also due to the political situation getting just worse and more extreme, but also this distance and this sadness of this feeling that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/probably-also-due-to-the-political-situation-getting-just-worse-and/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [I'm not sure that I recovered, but I also know that I cannot afford going back yet. I see how much the kids are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-m-not-sure-that-i-recovered-but-i-also-know-that-i-cannot-afford/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [Here I am, a Palestinian Arab who only knows how to write in Hebrew, stuck in central Illinois.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/here-i-am-a-palestinian-arab-who-only-knows-how-to-write-in-hebrew/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [I always see my wife as the clever one, as the wise one in the family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-always-see-my-wife-as-the-clever-one-as-the-wise-one-in-the-family/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [I knew very well that I could not stay. Everything collapsed. Everything in my life just collapsed, and it started with the kidnapping of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-knew-very-well-that-i-could-not-stay-everything-collapsed/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [“Nor did she believe in identity, certainly not the local nationalistic version of it. She said that man was only smart if he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/nor-did-she-believe-in-identity-certainly-not-the-local-nationalistic/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [I very much hope that when my wife reads my writings so she reads it as if she is a character and not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-very-much-hope-that-when-my-wife-reads-my-writings-so-she-reads-it/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [I tell you a joke to have you listen to me, and then maybe I will tell you another joke that we can laugh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-tell-you-a-joke-to-have-you-listen-to-me-and-then-maybe-i-will-tell/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [ I used to give her \[my wife\] to read the column every week before I sent it to the editors. And sometimes she was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-used-to-give-her-my-wife-to-read-the-column-every-week-before-i/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [I couldn't lie anymore to my kids telling them that they are equal citizens in the state of Israel. They cannot be equal because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-couldn-t-lie-anymore-to-my-kids-telling-them-that-they-are-equal/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [I use a lot of humor, and I follow the saying that if you want to tell people the truth, you better make them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-use-a-lot-of-humor-and-i-follow-the-saying-that-if-you-want-to-tell/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

> [I hope that one day I will gain power somehow, and somehow convince myself that there is still hope and go back and fight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sayed-kashua/i-hope-that-one-day-i-will-gain-power-somehow-and-somehow-convince/)

[Sayed Kashua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sayed-kashua/)

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