Existence and Belonging: Six Reflections on Palestine

A transcript of remarks delivered on April 8, 2026, at Queen Mary University of London.

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I want to begin with a confession:  I’m having a difficult time figuring out what to say.  For months I have been immobilized at the level of language.  That is, I have thoughts and ideas and opinions, but actually forming them into legible comments has been a significant challenge.  My impulse was to go silent, speaking only in monologue, but eventually I recognized that a better course of action would be to figure out why language sometimes feels ineffective as a communication device. 

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