This time it’s a movie quote. About a week ago I re-watched this movie for the nth time. And once again, I was a gooey mush on the inside when it was over. So here goes my favorite quote; the actual poem.
“We come from the land, give our love and labor to her, and she nurtures us in return. When we die, we return to the land. In a way, she owns us. Palestine owns us and we belong to her in return”
- Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin
Tissues, anyone?
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“هذه البلاد بلادك و بلادي يا سعد مثلما هي بلادهم، هذه بلاد كل من يجرؤ على الدفاع عنها، أما الجبناء فلا بلاد لهم، لأن جبنهم هو بلادهم الوحيدة التي باستطاعتهم أن يرحلوا إليها الآن، دون أسف عليهم”
-ابراهيم نصرالله، قناديل ملك الجليل
My favorite kind of Friday morning…A book and coffee while everyone sleeps in 😍
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”
-Sigmund Freud
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It was a very dark night.
The moon shied away from the sky leaving it inky black with no stars in sight.
The sound of the wolves howling roused her from her very restless sleep. The forest had provided her with a makeshift bed of…