Author: Sayed Kashua

Quotes

Christmas is relentless. It's around the clock. I sit with my little ones in front of the TV screen, and we watch movie after movie after movie.

Christmas is relentless. It's around the clock. I sit with my little ones in front of the TV screen, and we watch movie after movie after movie.

- Sayed Kashua

Back in Israel, I would spend much effort and plenty of money on presents when I went abroad, even if it was only for two days.

Back in Israel, I would spend much effort and plenty of money on presents when I went abroad, even if it was only for two days.

- Sayed Kashua

I use a lot of humor, and I follow the saying that if you want to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh first; otherwise, they will shoot you.

I use a lot of humor, and I follow the saying that if you want to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh first; otherwise, they will shoot you.

- Sayed Kashua

They're completely American. When I served my son falafel in a pita the other day, he said, 'Daddy, this taco is very good.'

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

When I was 14, I saw a library for the first time.

When I was 14, I saw a library for the first time.

- Sayed Kashua

The Palestinians have tried everything, and by God, it's Israel's governments that taught us that the only thing the Israelis appreciate is force.

The Palestinians have tried everything, and by God, it's Israel's governments that taught us that the only thing the Israelis appreciate is force.

- Sayed Kashua

I began to write, believing that all I had to do to change things would be to write the other side, to tell the stories that I heard from my grandmother.

I began to write, believing that all I had to do to change things would be to write the other side, to tell the stories that I heard from my grandmother.

- Sayed Kashua

When was the last time an Arab MK who appeared on television wasn't there in the role of the accused who is attacked by a skeptical broadcaster?

When was the last time an Arab MK who appeared on television wasn't there in the role of the accused who is attacked by a skeptical broadcaster?

- Sayed Kashua

Sometimes I wonder if there is any hope left for an Israeli-Palestinian discourse that is built on equality and liberty rather than a fruitless discourse of master and servant.

Sometimes I wonder if there is any hope left for an Israeli-Palestinian discourse that is built on equality and liberty rather than a fruitless discourse of master and servant.

- Sayed Kashua

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