Cactus Pear For My Beloved Quotes

“We cannot rely on one occupation to free us from another, or one tyrant to free us from another. We fought with the British against the Ottomans, and they betrayed us and promised to give our land to the Jews. Haven’t we learned our lesson? Freedom will not come to us through an external power. We have to earn it ourselves.”
― Samah Sabawi, Cactus Pear For My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza