Perhaps it is merely a clever joke, but it has become a story, everybody's story.

He discovered suddenly that Gaza had a sea—a big sea too.

For the Israelis, these hours were needed so that each and every returnee would understand the truth they wanted understood: you are coming to place yourself under our heel.

A contemporary, retroactive review of the cultural identity of the Palestinian Arabs living inside Israel can form a basis for the critical study of the literary culture of this geographic area that is also known as the 1948 Region

Others have been obliged to live the lives of impossible citizenship, since the Arab who lives on the Land of Israel can never be the equal of an Israeli citizen.

O my city . . . Be a little larger / so that I may see my shadow free / on the sidewalks

If you were told: you're going to die here this evening What would you do in the remaining time?

“Her narrative voice resonates with the inner geographies of the Palestinian space.”—Anton Shammas

She opens the window to the friendly morning / and tempts its birds

I miss the company of books / Their consolation through trouble and joy

We are rescued here the way dust is rescued / from the river.

I don't usually talk about my religion.

She grows old, my friend, outside the heart / in others' eyes.

You should have been my son, he would say sadly. You're the artistic one.