Zaatar Diva Quotes

“Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath.”
― Suheir Hammad, Zaatar Diva

“a woman will tell you
every home she has ever inhabited
has been broken into
starting with her body”
― Suheir Hammad, Zaatar Diva

“... in the world, it will be women, mostly colored and poor. women will have to bury children, and support themselves through grief.”
― Suheir Hammad, Zaatar Diva

“i cried when i saw those
buildings collapse on themselves like a broken heart.”
― Suheir Hammad, Zaatar Diva

“one more person ask me if i knew the hijackers.
one more motherfucker ask me what navy my brother is in.
one more person assume no arabs or muslims were killed. one more person
assume they know me, or that i represent a people.
or that a people represent an evil. or that evil is as simple as a
flag and words on a page.”
― Suheir Hammad, Zaatar Diva