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Kayan’s Quotes

“Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story.”
― Refaat Alareer, Gaza Writes Back

tags: narrative, palestine, story

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“يا موطناً في ثراه غاب سادته* لوكان يخجل من باعوك ما باعوا”
― إبراهيم طوقان, الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة: إبراهيم طوقان

tags: arabic-poetry, palestine

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“ما زلنا هنا ، حتى لو انفصَلَ الزمانُ عن المكان”
― محمود درويش

tags: arabic-poetry, palestine, poetry

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“he says I am from there, I am from here, but I am neither there nor here. I have two names which meet and part… I have two languages, but I have long forgotten— which is the language of my dreams”
― Mahmoud Darwish's farwell to Edward Said

tags: edward-said, free-palestine, mahmoud-darwish, palestine, palestinian

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