layan ليان (semi hiatus)’s Reviews > Being Palestinian: Personal Reflections on Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora > Status Update

“Often as people get older and begin to learn things, the world starts to make
more sense. Eventually, you realise most people’s parents did not grow up in
a civil war. Eventually, your mom tells you that your grandparents survived
a massacre – a hidden piece of history you had unknowingly carried around
comes to light, and you’re not sure what to do with it.”