Mohammed El-Kurd

But at the time of writing this book, Poetry as a Medium, it... really was a source of hope and inspiration for me. So my mother was a poet and she would, you know, her and my dad would play this game in the morning.

But at the time of writing this book, Poetry as a Medium, it... really was a source of hope and inspiration for me. So my mother was a poet and she would, you know, her and my dad would play this game in the morning.

But at the time of writing this book, Poetry as a Medium, it... really was a source of hope and inspiration for me. So my mother was a poet and she would, you know, her and my dad would play this game in the morning.

She would read her poems to him and he would guess which lines would be red penciled by the Israeli military censor because she would submit her poems to the local newspaper, al-Quds newspaper. And you know, the military censor has to go over it. And, you know, she would get her poems back with a bunch of words erased and they would laugh about it. Blah, blah, blah.

She would read her poems to him and he would guess which lines would be red penciled by the Israeli military censor because she would submit her poems to the local newspaper, al-Quds newspaper. And you know, the military censor has to go over it. And, you know, she would get her poems back with a bunch of words erased and they would laugh about it. Blah, blah, blah.

She would read her poems to him and he would guess which lines would be red penciled by the Israeli military censor because she would submit her poems to the local newspaper, al-Quds newspaper. And you know, the military censor has to go over it. And, you know, she would get her poems back with a bunch of words erased and they would laugh about it. Blah, blah, blah.

So poetry was very much part of my upbringing. And, you know, as a Palestinian, when you're excluded from mainstream spaces, including media and journalism, poetry tends to be a place where you can say what you want to say without repercussions. And I say that, I realize that our greatest... Writer Ghassan Kanafani literally had his car bombed, exploded because of his writings.

So poetry was very much part of my upbringing. And, you know, as a Palestinian, when you're excluded from mainstream spaces, including media and journalism, poetry tends to be a place where you can say what you want to say without repercussions. And I say that, I realize that our greatest... Writer Ghassan Kanafani literally had his car bombed, exploded because of his writings.

So poetry was very much part of my upbringing. And, you know, as a Palestinian, when you're excluded from mainstream spaces, including media and journalism, poetry tends to be a place where you can say what you want to say without repercussions. And I say that, I realize that our greatest... Writer Ghassan Kanafani literally had his car bombed, exploded because of his writings.

And, you know, recently Darin Tatur, a Palestinian poet with an Israeli citizenship, was imprisoned for a few months for publishing a poem on Facebook in which he said, resist my people, resist. So even that is not necessarily true. But anyway, it just felt like it's a place where I could talk and express large ideas in a simplistic way.

And, you know, recently Darin Tatur, a Palestinian poet with an Israeli citizenship, was imprisoned for a few months for publishing a poem on Facebook in which he said, resist my people, resist. So even that is not necessarily true. But anyway, it just felt like it's a place where I could talk and express large ideas in a simplistic way.

And, you know, recently Darin Tatur, a Palestinian poet with an Israeli citizenship, was imprisoned for a few months for publishing a poem on Facebook in which he said, resist my people, resist. So even that is not necessarily true. But anyway, it just felt like it's a place where I could talk and express large ideas in a simplistic way.

And the best example I could give you is one of my favorite poets, Rashid Hussain. When the Israeli authorities decided to do the land law, which classified, I believe, 93% of historic Palestine as Israeli-owned, state-owned, forgive me.

And the best example I could give you is one of my favorite poets, Rashid Hussain. When the Israeli authorities decided to do the land law, which classified, I believe, 93% of historic Palestine as Israeli-owned, state-owned, forgive me.

And the best example I could give you is one of my favorite poets, Rashid Hussain. When the Israeli authorities decided to do the land law, which classified, I believe, 93% of historic Palestine as Israeli-owned, state-owned, forgive me.

And then when they also did the absentee property law, which allows the Israeli government to take over homes that were depopulated from the Palestinian owners, he wrote a poem called God is a Refugee. It's a kind of a sarcastic, sardonic poem in which he goes, you know, God has become a refugee, sir.

And then when they also did the absentee property law, which allows the Israeli government to take over homes that were depopulated from the Palestinian owners, he wrote a poem called God is a Refugee. It's a kind of a sarcastic, sardonic poem in which he goes, you know, God has become a refugee, sir.

And then when they also did the absentee property law, which allows the Israeli government to take over homes that were depopulated from the Palestinian owners, he wrote a poem called God is a Refugee. It's a kind of a sarcastic, sardonic poem in which he goes, you know, God has become a refugee, sir.

So confiscate even the carpet of the mosque and sell the church because it's his property and sell our orphans because their father is absent and do whatever you want. It's a sarcastic poem that was in reaction to these laws.

So confiscate even the carpet of the mosque and sell the church because it's his property and sell our orphans because their father is absent and do whatever you want. It's a sarcastic poem that was in reaction to these laws.