RIFQA & Memories That Could Have Been

<p>This week Lara and Michael discuss RIFQA, Mohammed El Kurd's newly released book of poetry. We pull quotes from the book like "anger is a luxury we can't afford." Palestinians are expected to be calm and composed while being ethnically cleansed. We discuss mental health and the toll Palestinian liberation takes on the lives of those who engage in the work. Lara talks about the passages of the book that resonated the most with her, including "I cried not for the house but for the memories I could have made" inside. We chat about what could have been if not for the gang of Zionist militias who stole Palestine and murdered the native population. Mohammed El Kurd writes it's been over "70 years and we have not yet lived a day." The occupation steals land, life, time, and memories from people, some of who will never know their homeland. Finally, we discuss a recent B'tselem report that connects settler violence to the state policy of capturing Palestinian land. Michael makes the parallel between the extracurricular terrorist activities of the settlers in Palestine and the KKK in the US. </p>