PALESTINE

In reverse year order, in tiers, most essential first. More to come…. Not on Mubi: Chronicles of the Time of Siege
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Detail above of painting by Ismail Shammut

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2 of my poems

PALESTINE
The moon is rising past the cedar,
a woman sings from her window again.
How fresh now taste the mint and water,
how bright is the iris after rain.

I AM NOT A PALESTINIAN
I am not a Palestinian.
No bulldozers have demolished my home,
no refugees in tents are crushed nearby,
no schools or hospitals turned to rubble.
I have not seen a sniper
or the little girl...