SUHEIR HAMMAD

I've read too many books to believe what I am told.

War and tooth enameled salted lemon childhoods All colors run, none of us solid Don't look for shadow behind me I carry it within I live cycles of light and darkness

I will not dance to your war drum!

Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded.

i cried when i saw those buildings collapse on themselves like a broken heart.

I will dance and resist and dance and persist and dance. This heartbeat is louder than death.

I think of feminism as a socially just and imaginative world.

I am so old-fashioned. I've never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent.

Life is a right, not collateral or casual.

I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didn't want to be either one.

I am so old-fashioned. I've never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent.

Life is a right, not collateral or casual.

Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded.

I think of feminism as a socially just and imaginative world.

Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath.

I understand now my father really thought he was doing me good. Education means a lot to Palestinians. We’ve become some of the most educated people in the world through our diaspora. We’ve had to be. When you ain’t got land, your degree may be your only solid ground. May father felt (feels) that being a doctor would give me security. How can I explain that I’m not safe from anything if I don’t write?

i cried when i saw those buildings collapse on themselves like a broken heart.

I will not dance to your war drum!

I've read too many books to believe what I am told.

War and tooth enameled salted lemon childhoods All colors run, none of us solid Don't look for shadow behind me I carry it within I live cycles of light and darkness

I will dance and resist and dance and persist and dance. This heartbeat is louder than death.