“No night is long enough for us to dream twice.”
― Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
― Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
“You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.”
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“We were
existing somewhere between life and death, with neither accepting us
fully.”
― Mornings in Jenin
existing somewhere between life and death, with neither accepting us
fully.”
― Mornings in Jenin
“Though they lived with the indignities of dispossession and military
occupation, Huda sang with an unassailable freedom that comes only
to those with unwavering faith.”
― Mornings in Jenin
occupation, Huda sang with an unassailable freedom that comes only
to those with unwavering faith.”
― Mornings in Jenin
“And if our hands should meet in another dream, we shall build another tower in the sky.”
― Mornings in Jenin
― Mornings in Jenin
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