Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Art under occupation
Essential and devastating reading about the situation for artists and poets in the West Bank.
"For us the tunnel is so dark that you cannot even see the light at the end. In a different situation I would like to give up my poetry about Palestine. I can't keep writing about loss and occupation for ever. I feel it deprives me of my freedom as a poet. Am I obliged to express my love for my country every day? You have to live for love, for freedom. The subject of occupation itself becomes a burden."
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 4/21/2009 01:50:00 PM
"For us the tunnel is so dark that you cannot even see the light at the end. In a different situation I would like to give up my poetry about Palestine. I can't keep writing about loss and occupation for ever. I feel it deprives me of my freedom as a poet. Am I obliged to express my love for my country every day? You have to live for love, for freedom. The subject of occupation itself becomes a burden."
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 4/21/2009 01:50:00 PM
