Argument Quote by Elia Suleiman

“I do not teach history in my films. I don't have a linear point of view or argument. What I do in my films is to live the human experience; human, whether in Nazareth or anywhere else in the world.” quote by Elia Suleiman — Download Open image

“I do not teach history in my films. I don't have a linear point of view or argument. What I do in my films is to live the human experience; human, whether in Nazareth or anywhere else in the world.”

Elia Suleiman

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Living more intensely, more lovingly, with more camaraderie, that is in itself resistance.

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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There are a lot of questions that come out of the silence. It is so close to the infinite.

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