Tuesday, June 28, 2011

"A Paper from Gaza- Land of the Sad Oranges" by Ghassan Kanafani (post by Sharif H.)

This is the link to one of my friends and co-bloggers from Gaza, Sharif H. (http://abuelsharif.com/abuelsharif/)
Sharif posted an excellent story (in Arabic) that was written in 1962, called "A Paper from Gaza" by late Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, in his "Land of the Sad Oranges" book.

We often wonder what it is that makes us love Gaza so unconditionally? It's almost impossible to explain to anyone who never visited Gaza.

This is a quote that I borrowed from Nadia Jarrar's "A Good Land", where she asks someone why she chose to stay in Beirut despite the terrible years of the Civil War that the country was going through. "But why would you want to stay, I asked her. "I'm waiting it out," she said. I didn't understand what she meant. "I'm waiting it out," she told me again, "because I know it won't last, war never does, and someone has to be here to put the pieces back together again when it's all over."'

It is for the same reason that we will forever stay in Palestine.

The Story: http://abuelsharif.com/abuelsharif/2011/06/28/dbc6-ورقة-من-غزة/#more-938

1 comment:

  1. "someone has to be here to put the pieces back together again when it's all over"
    beautiful, spoken like a true patriot.

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