Hamza Ghafar Pirzada
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It is not everyday that someone decides to visit Palestine with everything you hear about and see in the news – especially the West Bank. It is even less likely that someone decides to go there and stay for an entire year to teach at a school. I had several reasons for travelling to Palestine.
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They are not being taught hate; they are being taught about justice and love.
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They really loved to play football, just like me.
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…But what I felt in Palestine is that death is more heavy, more palpable. For they are a people fighting to live.
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Nothing like some nostalgia… my affliction. But also blessing. And this is what I try to say in this poem, to explore this dual-nature of looking back at past memories. We are often told to let go of the past, and for good reason I believe. We shouldn’t cling to what has left us, particularly
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