Jews and Arabs in Israel Encountering Their Identities by Kahanoff Maya;

Jews and Arabs in Israel Encountering Their Identities by Kahanoff Maya;

Author:Kahanoff, Maya;
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00


The discussion takes a somewhat macabre turn:

Maryam: For both of us to sit on this land and live together. Should I die and let the land stay? We have to look at ourselves and make sure . . .

Manar: Who told you so? Maybe you should take a piece of the land with you?

Maryam: I’ll take a piece of fabric that the worms will eat in the end . . .

Manar: They put you in the fabric.

Maryam: And they also put my son or my daughter on me . . .

The discussion ends with the following dramatic statement, with different participants interpreting it as they understand it.

Sherif (in Hebrew): It’s good to die in your homeland, it’s even better to live for it.

Maryam: Say that in Arabic.

Shams (translates the sentence into Arabic, as follows): It’s good to die for your homeland but it’s even better to live for it.

Manar: Long live our homeland!

Maryam: When you live and serve your people (speaking at the same time).



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