77 Quotes by Sayed Kashua

For one moment, after I left Jerusalem with my family for life in Illinois, I thought that maybe there's still a chance: maybe there are still enough people in Israel who refuse to rule and oppress another nation.

Israel defines Palestinians more than anything else.

I wanted to tell, in Hebrew, about my father who sat in jail for long years, with no trial, for his political ideas. I wanted to tell the Israelis a story, the Palestinian story.

Israeli independence - what we Arabs call al-Naqba, 'The Catastrophe' - it created Palestinian identity more than anything else.

They're completely American. When I served my son falafel in a pita the other day, he said, 'Daddy, this taco is very good.'

I don't like identity. We accept identities in Israel. We make them holy. But what does identity really mean?

I wanted to bring likable Arabs into the average Israeli living room.

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?

What kind of people will these ghettos of Palestinians produce? What form of morality, national consciousness and hope will people be left with after so many years of stifling occupation and a sense of hopelessness?