Author Archives: Mohammed Rabah Suliman

I always believed to write is to “make less the depth of grief.” But it’s been long since I wrote down anything, and indeed I spent long and hard time attempting to convince myself that this latest recurring experience of … Continue reading →

“Write down, I am an Arab” wrote the late renowned Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, in the opening lines of his controversial poem boasting about and promoting then-declining Pan-Arabism. Toward the middle of the poem, he writes, his anger obviously amounting, … Continue reading →

“I just take it as a challenge, the louder the bomb, the more engrossed in my book I become; the more intense the shooting, the more pages I’m determined to read. And they just lose.” That is what my teacher … Continue reading →

The tragic death of the Palestinian protester Jawaher Abu Rahma in Bil’in left all of us grieving very deeply as we sat helpless, leafing through the news stories of her sad death. That, in fact, was not an extraordinary incident … Continue reading →

For the first time in twenty-two days the Earth woke up without a start. Even though the sky was spotted with a few randomly dispersed clouds, it was was bereft of the disturbing tones of the overhead drones which had … Continue reading →

8000 rockets are no excuse Suicide bombers, it’s all just a ruse Unless you’re Israel, self-defense is right A Jewish army response is disproportionate might The activists sailed to deliver their aid Jihad cash is what they were paid Turkish … Continue reading →