By Umar Timol
But at fifty-two years old, I read Camus differently. What strikes me is the absence, like a black hole that devours all matter, of the Arab, a nearly invisible character who serves as the backdrop and pretext for the existence of the colonizer.
By Umar Timol
During a trip to Trivandrum, India, in 2019, a city which greatly resembles Port-Louis, the capital of Mauritius, I visited her grave which is found at the Palayam Jumah Masjid, a mosque, accompanied by my Indian poet friend, Chandramohan.
By Umar Timol
This dead child is a less civilized child. He is not like the other kids, the ones who are civilized. He will not make the headlines of the international press. His abusers will not be imprisoned.
By Umar Timol
Every time a Palestinian child dies, he bequeaths this light to his people, which entrenches in their lands, nourishes it, and unleashes sustenance for uprising and freedom.
By Umar Timol
I believe that the Palestinian body has become a metaphor for the bodies of the powerless all over the world. The destruction of our bodies is what is awaiting all of us, if we don’t do anything about it.
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