Mohammed El-Kurd

Not currently, no.

I don't think there's a body through which I can run for anything. It's completely dysfunctional. And also, I don't want to wear a suit all the time.

I don't think there's a body through which I can run for anything. It's completely dysfunctional. And also, I don't want to wear a suit all the time.

I don't think there's a body through which I can run for anything. It's completely dysfunctional. And also, I don't want to wear a suit all the time.

You know, I was born and raised in Jerusalem. I speak perfect Arabic. I think my Arabic writing is much superior to my English writing, but I choose to write in English because...

You know, I was born and raised in Jerusalem. I speak perfect Arabic. I think my Arabic writing is much superior to my English writing, but I choose to write in English because...

You know, I was born and raised in Jerusalem. I speak perfect Arabic. I think my Arabic writing is much superior to my English writing, but I choose to write in English because...

I think there's a disparity and there's a chasm between what is said in Arabic on the street in Palestine and what is said here about Palestinians, both by anti-Palestinian racists and people who are pro-Palestine and advocates for Palestine. And I believe I and a few others from my generations, or many others actually from my generation, are working to fill that chasm.

I think there's a disparity and there's a chasm between what is said in Arabic on the street in Palestine and what is said here about Palestinians, both by anti-Palestinian racists and people who are pro-Palestine and advocates for Palestine. And I believe I and a few others from my generations, or many others actually from my generation, are working to fill that chasm.

I think there's a disparity and there's a chasm between what is said in Arabic on the street in Palestine and what is said here about Palestinians, both by anti-Palestinian racists and people who are pro-Palestine and advocates for Palestine. And I believe I and a few others from my generations, or many others actually from my generation, are working to fill that chasm.

And I also believe that literature, culture, the public sphere, changing the public opinion, changing the narrative is important to affecting policy, to affecting change, affecting material change. I'm not going to go read a poem in front of a checkpoint and watch it catch in flames. I'm not that delusional about the power of words. But I do think that

And I also believe that literature, culture, the public sphere, changing the public opinion, changing the narrative is important to affecting policy, to affecting change, affecting material change. I'm not going to go read a poem in front of a checkpoint and watch it catch in flames. I'm not that delusional about the power of words. But I do think that

And I also believe that literature, culture, the public sphere, changing the public opinion, changing the narrative is important to affecting policy, to affecting change, affecting material change. I'm not going to go read a poem in front of a checkpoint and watch it catch in flames. I'm not that delusional about the power of words. But I do think that

I have a responsibility and I have a privilege even to have a voice, to have some kind of platform. And if I'm not defining myself, if I'm not talking and representing myself, then other people will define me. And their definitions of the Palestinian people across the few past decades have not been kind or generous to the Palestinian people. That's one thing.

I have a responsibility and I have a privilege even to have a voice, to have some kind of platform. And if I'm not defining myself, if I'm not talking and representing myself, then other people will define me. And their definitions of the Palestinian people across the few past decades have not been kind or generous to the Palestinian people. That's one thing.

I have a responsibility and I have a privilege even to have a voice, to have some kind of platform. And if I'm not defining myself, if I'm not talking and representing myself, then other people will define me. And their definitions of the Palestinian people across the few past decades have not been kind or generous to the Palestinian people. That's one thing.

The other thing is I believe in the United States as a front for change. I believe we have a lot more leverage here than we do back home. Again, I believe in... Someone said the other day, I can't remember their name, but someone said, no stone unturned. I believe in fighting on all fronts. But here, really, I can go protest in front of the Israeli embassy without getting shot.

The other thing is I believe in the United States as a front for change. I believe we have a lot more leverage here than we do back home. Again, I believe in... Someone said the other day, I can't remember their name, but someone said, no stone unturned. I believe in fighting on all fronts. But here, really, I can go protest in front of the Israeli embassy without getting shot.

The other thing is I believe in the United States as a front for change. I believe we have a lot more leverage here than we do back home. Again, I believe in... Someone said the other day, I can't remember their name, but someone said, no stone unturned. I believe in fighting on all fronts. But here, really, I can go protest in front of the Israeli embassy without getting shot.

There's a lot of work to be done here. There's a lot of people waking up. I would even argue that a reckoning is coming in the American public. More and more American people are concerned where their tax money is going, are concerned what their politicians are invested in. More and more American people are saying, not on our dime, are saying, not today, not here.