Like with all the Arabs, they use the ‘suspect procedure’ on me. I arrive four hours before the flight. They do a body search in a back room behind the curtain and then escort me onto the plane because they’re afraid that on the way I might pick up a bomb from someone. Sayed Kashua Read Quote
When I come to the airport, they always send me with all the other Israeli Arabs to the foreign workers’ line. I don’t mind. I feel like I belong more with all the people from abroad and the foreign workers than in the Israelis’ line. Sayed Kashua Read Quote
We were, as Arabs in Israel, educated not to leave our villages, in order to protect our identity. Sayed Kashua Read Quote
Many Israelis are educating their kids in a very nationalist, powerful identity, since kindergarten – and the Arabs as well. Sayed Kashua Read Quote
Well, you can’t say you are lucky to live in Champaign, but I was lucky to be at the University of Illinois. It’s a very international cosmopolitan community. That’s very helpful. Sayed Kashua Read Quote
When there’s a revolution in Egypt, you can’t really get depressed about not knowing what happens after you die. When there are millions out on the streets, that’s not the time to start panicking about contracting swine flu. Sayed Kashua Read Quote
