we are not numbers
emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights
Perhaps the real world’s an illusion. And perhaps it’s illusion that’s real.
Perhaps the real world's an illusion.
And perhaps it's illusion that's real.
But why would you settle for either-or,
When “together” you can enjoy the surrealism?
Note: This self-portrait and poem were created by Malak on her recent 16th birthday. She writes: "This ‘strange portrait’ shows my feelings about my first day as 16 years old. I felt at that time that there is nothing normal. I felt there is nothing ‘real’—that I was being illogical in the way I was thinking. But, I also felt that I have to be myself, not anybody else."
Posted March 22, 2016
