By pure accident of birth and place, Palestinians in Gaza are subject to the worst crimes possible. Were any of us born in Gaza, we would be experiencing this massacre firsthand. That randomness says that something is wrong.
Sunday, July 13, 2014
en route to portland. sadly we hit a buck in the shuttle on the way to the airport this morning, but we only came in contact with his antlers, and the fellow trotted along. driver didn't even stop, told me this was common in iowa.
I'm a Palestinian-American writer living in Iowa City. I'm currently working on two books and teaching creative writing at The University of Iowa. My work has appeared in Granta, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, BuzzFeed, and NPR. I have an MFA from Iowa and an MA international affairs from Columbia.