I tell you a joke to have you listen to me, and then maybe I will tell you another joke that we can laugh together and feel equal. And then I will te…

- Sayed Kashua

I hope that one day I will gain power somehow, and somehow convince myself that there is still hope and go back and fight, people who's trying to mak…

- Sayed Kashua

I couldn't lie anymore to my kids telling them that they are equal citizens in the state of Israel. They cannot be equal because in order to fit in a…

- Sayed Kashua

I use a lot of humor, and I follow the saying that if you want to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh first, otherwise, they will shoot…

- Sayed Kashua

I always see my wife as the clever one, as the wise one in the family.

- Sayed Kashua

I used to give her [my wife] to read the column every week before I sent it to the editors. And sometimes she was so mad - are you crazy? You're not …

- Sayed Kashua

Probably also due to the political situation getting just worse and more extreme, but also this distance and this sadness of this feeling that I gave…

- Sayed Kashua

I knew very well that I could not stay. Everything collapsed. Everything in my life just collapsed, and it started with the kidnapping of three teena…

- Sayed Kashua

I'm not sure that I recovered, but I also know that I cannot afford going back yet. I see how much the kids are happier, I guess, here and I think th…

- Sayed Kashua