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Sayed Kashua
Israeli Author
Born: 1975
Arabs Life Me People Sometimes You
Related authors: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn C. S. Lewis Frederick Douglass George Orwell Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Mark Twain Zig Ziglar
I don't know how it works with the Jews, but here in Beit Safafa, as in every self-respecting Arab community that is respected in turn by the state, there are no street names and no house numbers. Sayed Kashua
Community Every Jews State Respected Arab Names Know House How Turn Works Street Here Numbers
Americans are connected to the situation in the West Bank and Gaza and Israel because, generally speaking, Jewish Americans were always there, and many American Jewish people connect their nationality to the Israeli one. Sayed Kashua
People Situation Jewish People Gaza Generally Because Always Israel Israeli Were West West Bank American Bank Nationality Speaking Connect Connected Many Jewish
They're completely American. When I served my son falafel in a pita the other day, he said, 'Daddy, this taco is very good.' Sayed Kashua
Good Day Son Other Taco He Said Very American Daddy Served
I hate it when I have to abandon my children. I politely turn down most of the invitations I get from abroad and try to fly only when it's absolutely necessary. Sayed Kashua
Hate Try Fly Down Abandon Abroad Only Absolutely Invitations Most Politely Get Children Turn Necessary
Israel defines Palestinians more than anything else. Sayed Kashua
Else Defines More More Than Anything Israel Than Anything Anything Else Palestinians
Israeli independence - what we Arabs call al-Naqba, 'The Catastrophe' - it created Palestinian identity more than anything else. Sayed Kashua
Independence Else Arabs More More Than Anything Catastrophe Identity Call Israeli Than Anything Anything Else Created Palestinian
I don't like identity. We accept identities in Israel. We make them holy. But what does identity really mean? Sayed Kashua
Like Identities Identity Make Accept Does Israel Mean Them Holy Really
I really just want to be a writer and a storyteller. But maybe pain is one of the things you have to feel in order to be creative. Sayed Kashua
You Creative Pain One Of The Things Writer Feel Maybe Just Order Want Storyteller Really Things
I'm not representing anyone - not Israelis, not Palestinians - I'm just a storyteller trying to raise more questions than give answers. Sayed Kashua
Give More Answers Israelis Questions Than Trying Just Representing Anyone Storyteller Palestinians Raise
I don't really wake up in the morning and say, 'Ohmigod, I'm a Palestinian in a Jewish state.' I wake up in the morning and say, 'Ohmigod, I have to make sandwiches for my kids.' Sayed Kashua
Morning Wake Up Jewish State State Say Kids Make Wake Up Sandwiches Really Palestinian Jewish
There is really no place for individuals in Israel. Sayed Kashua
Individuals Israel Place Really
We were, as Arabs in Israel, educated not to leave our villages, in order to protect our identity. Sayed Kashua
Our Arabs Protect Identity Israel Leave Educated Were Order Villages
When Jewish youths walk down the street and demand the death of Arabs simply because they're Arabs, then I've lost my own small battle. Sayed Kashua
Death Battle Walk Lost Own Down Arabs My Own Small Simply Demand Because Then Youths Street Jewish
As I see it, religion shouldn't interfere in a relationship. Sayed Kashua
Religion Relationship See Interfere
I hate flying. The first time I flew with my wife, Najat, was the first time I'd ever flown in my life, and that was just a short flight to Turkey. I spent the whole time with my shirt pulled over my head. Then I got used to it. Sayed Kashua
Life Time Hate Wife My Life First Spent Flying Head Over First Time Got Shirt Short Just Turkey Then Flew Used Flight Whole Ever Flown Pulled
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