Palestine is the remainder that refuses to be remaindered.
A column by Omar Abdaljawad.
A column by Omar Abdaljawad.
The Betrayal of Hospitality
Unconditional hospitality is impossible—and yet it can be enacted.
The Scream
To hear Palestine is to realize that what echoes there is not theirs alone, but already your own.
La casa y la bestia
Lo inquietante no es lo familiar que se ha vuelto extraño, sino la imposibilidad de distinguirlos.
The Homely and the Beast
Quite homely, intensely homely. It suffocates you …
Agua sin nombre
Nombrar lo que gotea es siempre un acto tardío.
Water without name
Naming the leaking is always belated.
La muerte ha muerto en Gaza
Lo que ustedes llaman el fin, nosotros ya lo padecemos.
Death has died in Gaza
What you call the end, we are already enduring.