Aryn Giuseppina

“It’s one thing to see shifts on an individual level, but quite another to see them on an institutional or governmental one. To induce a person’s change of heart is different from challenging the tremendous force of collective denial.”
― Isabella Hammad, Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

“You have something in this world.
So, stand for it.”
― Ghassan Kanafani

“Prayer is meant to be a personal expression, not a chore or an empty ritual. You can pray silently by yourself or out loud, and you can pray alone or in a group, as long as everyone in that group is also Yazidi.”
― Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

“And yet the pressure is again on Palestinians to tell the human story that will educate and enlighten others and so allow for the conversion of the repentant Westerner, who might then descend onto the stage if not as a hero then perhaps as some kind of deus ex machina.”
― Isabella Hammad, Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative