With my human rights advocacy, that’s always been through my writing. I’ve always tried to write articles and contribute to journals and a lot of online journals – about human rights, especially Palestinian human rights. I find the time to do things to do things I’m passionate about, because I find enjoyment in them. I just have to juggle. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of ‘everyday multiculturalism’, and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
It seems Palestinians can’t win. The language of peace negotiations has always been predicated on a representation that Palestinians are violent and that is why Israel behaves as it does. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop ‘tolerating’ us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis – otherised and stigmatised – you become the prop in a proposition. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
If I like a book, I tend to read the author’s entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
I’ve always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don’t sit down and think: ‘What political message can I sell?’ I love the creativity of it. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
I wasn’t rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn’t a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme. Randa Abdel-Fattah Read Quote
