I am really encouraged when I see things like this: a Palestinian Literature Festival in Ramallah. Violence and oppression raining around them, and there they are, those brave souls, reading poetry and stories and plays, keeping the dream of Palestine alive. Are these not Zamyatin's sailors in the mastheads?
Michael Palin was there. And Nathalie Handel, too. And many others. And the festival went forward as planned in spite of Israel's attempts to disrupt it. See news article here.
Art is a powerful tool, as we well know. It can transform the world. I hope the Palestinians pile word upon word upon word, subverting media misconceptions, undermining the wall, and transporting them to freedom.
90 Days til the Burn
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