#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

7284.286 - 7309.937 Mohammed El-Kurd

So poetry was very much part of my upbringing. And, you know, as a Palestinian, when you're excluded from mainstream spaces, including media and journalism, poetry tends to be a place where you can say what you want to say without repercussions. And I say that, I realize that our greatest... Writer Ghassan Kanafani literally had his car bombed, exploded because of his writings.