Fatma

“No one can own a tree. It can belong to you, as you can belong to it. We come from the land, give our 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.”
― Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin

“Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all.”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“The world can’t pretend that there are two sides here any more. There is no humanity, no equity, no semblance of justice. It’s a calculated, deliberate and ruthless ethnic cleansing, and nobody seems to care enough.”
― Plestia Alaqad, The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience