Aya Hatem

“How to have the cake and eat it, therefore, was the question. The answer was to decide on continued colonization while leaving the question of the status of the Palestinian residents open for a future meeting, which never happened.7
The colonization effort was a triple enterprise: the constant grabbing of land, moving Jewish settlers into new colonies and limiting by force any natural growth of the Palestinians inside the Occupied Territories.”
― Ilan Pappé, The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories

“نعمْ .. الذكرّى لمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ قلبٌ”
― جمال الغيطاني

“هل أتَىَ علَى الإنسانِ حينٌ مِن الدّهرِ لَم يكُنْ شيئا، ما نحنُ وكلُ المَوجُودَّاتِ إلا خَواطرُ غيرُ مقيمةٍ في ذاكرةِ الزمّن”
― جمال الغيطاني

“A bee, though small, can still sting you;
an elephant, though calm, can still trample you;
and a lion, though full, can still devour you.

An ant, though small, can still bite you;
a spider, though tiny, can still infect you;
and a wolf, though little, can still harm you.

A petal, though innocuous, can still poison you;
a flower, though delicate, can still contaminate you;
and a plant, though immature, can still toxify you.

A thought, though entertaining, can still pollute you;
a desire, though pleasing, can still defile you;
and an experience, though pleasurable, can still dishonor you.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo