I think that whatever we express in terms of the potential truth is above all else about mobilizing … - Elia Suleiman

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I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.

Elia Suleiman

I think that whatever we express in terms of the potential truth is above all else about mobilizing ourselves for ourselves. We learn about ourselves as individuals. Identification with Palestine is universal and not restricted to geographic boundaries. It's a question of moral and ethical positions vis-à-vis all the injustices that surround us.

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