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Sometimes I think that if we have to go back, then it certainly won't be to Jerusalem. Not to the Jerusalem beset with racism that we left at the height of the last Gaza war.

From Sayed Kashua

Maybe I would go back to West Jerusalem without too much bother if I could lie to my kids and tell them they are equal citizens in a democratic state.

From Sayed Kashua

Thanksgiving is the only day of the year when most of the stores here are closed during the day and reopen after midnight. Even restaurants shut down for the holiday, except for the fast-food chains.

From Sayed Kashua

My children don't even know who Fairuz is - a horrifying thought.

From Sayed Kashua

Since being on television, I have felt that my brain is degenerating.

From Sayed Kashua

I can never get to sleep without a book.

From Sayed Kashua

To be critical of television is almost like questioning the fact of God's existence.

From Sayed Kashua

I don't know how it works with the Jews, but here in Beit Safafa, as in every self-respecting Arab community that is respected in turn by the state, there are no street names and no house numbers.

From Sayed Kashua

A lot of my friends in my student days complained about how their parents made them play an instrument when they were kids. I always felt compassion for them and didn't believe a parent could be so cruel, but when I check today, those complaining friends grew up to be quite successful, and many of them are now making their children play.

From Sayed Kashua

Americans are connected to the situation in the West Bank and Gaza and Israel because, generally speaking, Jewish Americans were always there, and many American Jewish people connect their nationality to the Israeli one.

From Sayed Kashua

Sayed Kashua

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