“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? The Autonomous Government? Israel? Palestine? Is there any other country in the world that so perplexes… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“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… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“Hungarian Proverb: A dish of cabbages can be heated when it grows cold, but it will never taste the same.” — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
The fish, Even in the fisherman's net, Still carries, The smell of the sea. — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“It is easy to blur the truth with a simple linguistic trick: start your story from "Secondly." Yes, this is what Rabin did. He… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“I tried to put the displacement between parenthesis, to put a last period in a long sentence of the sadness of history, personal and… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“In my despair I remember that there is life after death; there is life after death and I have no problem. But I ask:… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“Palestine at this moment is not the golden map hanging on a golden chain adorning the throats of women exile. I used to wonder… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“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?… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“When you hear on the radio and read in newspapers and magazines and books and speeches the words 'the Occupied Territories' year after year,… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
The Danger of a Single Story”, which has resonated with me immensely every time I read it. “Power is the ability not just to… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“You look out of the car window on your right and are surprised to find that the narrow, worn strip that carries you has… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
If you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story and to start with 'secondly'. — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“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… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
“The others are still masters of the place. They give you a permit. They check your papers. They start files on you. They make… — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
