Israeli - Author | 1975 -
I'm not representing anyone - not Israelis, not Palestinians - I'm just a storyteller trying to raise more questions than give answers.
Sayed Kashua
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I wish I could be proud of being an Israeli citizen, but how can I do that when I'm not really recognized as a full citizen?
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I don't really wake up in the morning and say, 'Ohmigod, I'm a Palestinian in a Jewish state.' I wake up in the morning and say, 'Ohmigod, I have to make sandwiches for my kids.'
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I'm totally secular, but I'm scared like hell of God.
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I wanted the Israeli mainstream audience to meet different kinds of Arabs - not just terrorists or politicians - and to listen to their language and their stories.
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All Israelis think Arabs steal cars.
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It's problematic being an Arab who writes in Hebrew.
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There is really no place for individuals in Israel.
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Many Israelis are educating their kids in a very nationalist, powerful identity, since kindergarten - and the Arabs as well.
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We were, as Arabs in Israel, educated not to leave our villages, in order to protect our identity.
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Sometimes I can write very angry columns, but I know that it doesn't work.
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When Jewish youths walk down the street and demand the death of Arabs simply because they're Arabs, then I've lost my own small battle.
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