The ongoing genocide in Palestine by the Israel is part of a larger Western colonial project. Deconstructing it is the only way to end this unrest, says Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish, one of the most vital voices of Arab literature.
Speaking on the sidelines of International Literature Festival of Kerala in Thrissur on Friday, he says what is happening now is the continuation of century-old colonialism in Palestine. It didn’t start on October 7, 2023. It is not a war between Israel and Hamas as the Zionist Western media is trying to portray.
We are facing a political genocide against our identity, culture and whole existence by the colonial project called Israel, says Mr. Darwish, who has been described as one of the foremost Arabic-language poets of his generation. In 2014, the NPR included his book Nothing More to Lose as one of the best books of the year. His poetry is a walk between hope and hopelessness.
