Mohammed El-Kurd

I'll pitch a story to my editor about something, for example, and then as I'm writing it, 20 minutes in, some kid was shot and killed by the Israeli military, so I have to say something about it, and then 30 minutes later, as I'm writing it, there's news about a home demolition in Silouan.

And there is this relentless onslaught of news that prevents us and deprives us of the ability to analyze, to frame, to think, to conceptualize, to write beyond the current affairs. We're stuck in the relentlessness of the occupation. that a lot of the time I worry that the things I'm writing are always in reaction to a crime that took place, to a bombing that took place and so on and so forth.

And there is this relentless onslaught of news that prevents us and deprives us of the ability to analyze, to frame, to think, to conceptualize, to write beyond the current affairs. We're stuck in the relentlessness of the occupation. that a lot of the time I worry that the things I'm writing are always in reaction to a crime that took place, to a bombing that took place and so on and so forth.

And there is this relentless onslaught of news that prevents us and deprives us of the ability to analyze, to frame, to think, to conceptualize, to write beyond the current affairs. We're stuck in the relentlessness of the occupation. that a lot of the time I worry that the things I'm writing are always in reaction to a crime that took place, to a bombing that took place and so on and so forth.

And I think that's unfortunately true for so many Palestinian writers. So, you know, I would say isolation and like stepping away from the news is very important to do, but I don't do it.

And I think that's unfortunately true for so many Palestinian writers. So, you know, I would say isolation and like stepping away from the news is very important to do, but I don't do it.

And I think that's unfortunately true for so many Palestinian writers. So, you know, I would say isolation and like stepping away from the news is very important to do, but I don't do it.

I mean, there is the timeless, you know, it's not even timelessness, it's timeliness. I think what you write is always timely because the occupation is ongoing. But the struggle is, you know, moving beyond the news and tackling more nuances and

I mean, there is the timeless, you know, it's not even timelessness, it's timeliness. I think what you write is always timely because the occupation is ongoing. But the struggle is, you know, moving beyond the news and tackling more nuances and

I mean, there is the timeless, you know, it's not even timelessness, it's timeliness. I think what you write is always timely because the occupation is ongoing. But the struggle is, you know, moving beyond the news and tackling more nuances and

Because in Arabic I can, in Arabic I can philosophize, I can talk about violence, and I can talk about my complicated relationship with violence, or like my complicated... I can complicate and nuance and give things nuance, but in English people still do not believe we are under occupation, even though it is an internationally recognized fact that is broadcasted 24-7 through the world's most watched screens.

Because in Arabic I can, in Arabic I can philosophize, I can talk about violence, and I can talk about my complicated relationship with violence, or like my complicated... I can complicate and nuance and give things nuance, but in English people still do not believe we are under occupation, even though it is an internationally recognized fact that is broadcasted 24-7 through the world's most watched screens.

Because in Arabic I can, in Arabic I can philosophize, I can talk about violence, and I can talk about my complicated relationship with violence, or like my complicated... I can complicate and nuance and give things nuance, but in English people still do not believe we are under occupation, even though it is an internationally recognized fact that is broadcasted 24-7 through the world's most watched screens.

So we're stuck in a practice of providing facts and figures, and actually this happened, and this person did this, and according to international law, and blah, blah, blah. So we're stuck in this because the basic truths about our own existence are denied. That we don't even have the luxury of evolving our writing beyond it, or at least evolving my writing beyond it.

So we're stuck in a practice of providing facts and figures, and actually this happened, and this person did this, and according to international law, and blah, blah, blah. So we're stuck in this because the basic truths about our own existence are denied. That we don't even have the luxury of evolving our writing beyond it, or at least evolving my writing beyond it.

So we're stuck in a practice of providing facts and figures, and actually this happened, and this person did this, and according to international law, and blah, blah, blah. So we're stuck in this because the basic truths about our own existence are denied. That we don't even have the luxury of evolving our writing beyond it, or at least evolving my writing beyond it.

And this is what I'm trying to do with this new book.

And this is what I'm trying to do with this new book.

And this is what I'm trying to do with this new book.

I wouldn't say activism. I would say journalism. Just making sure, disrupting the flow of the sentence to insert a statistic or insert... a historical fact that should be implied and should be a household name, but it's not. I can't just say the Nakba. I have to say the Nakba.