The Tears of Olive Trees Quotes

“Son, make sure you understand the difference between Palestinian Jews who are on our side and Zionist Jews. It is the Zionists who did you an injustice. Jews are believers in Allah, just like us. Our problem is not with Judaism, it is with injustice.”
― AbdulKarim Al Makadma, The Tears of Olive Trees: A memoir of a Palestinian family’s heroic struggle against poverty, violence and oppression.

“The way people choose to think and feel about the world. Each ideology has its own version of the truth.” “So, who is right?” Saeed smiled and looked into his son’s eyes. “The one that is just and better still, the one that is just and kind.”
― AbdulKarim Al Makadma, The Tears of Olive Trees: A memoir of a Palestinian family’s heroic struggle against poverty, violence and oppression.

“I never carried a rifle on my shoulder, Nor did I pull a trigger. All I have is a flute’s melody. A brush to paint my dreams, A bottle of ink. All I have is unshakeable faith, And an infinite love for my people in pain. Mahmoud Darwish”
― AbdulKarim Al Makadma, The Tears of Olive Trees: A memoir of a Palestinian family’s heroic struggle against poverty, violence and oppression.