“I am an Arab woman of color Beware … Beware my anger !”

“All my grandfather ever wanted to dowas wake up at dawn and watch my grandmother kneel and prayin a village hidden between Jaffa and Haifamy mother was born under an olive treeon a soil they say is no longer minebut I will cross their barriers, their check pointstheir damn apartheid walls and return to my homelandI am an Arab woman of color and we come in all shades of anger”

“wish I could just run barefoot in every refugee campand hold every child,cover their earsso they wouldn’t have to hear the sound of bombingfor the rest of their life the way I do..”

“Beware the anger of a patient man.”

“The four cautions: Beware a woman in front of you, beware a horse behind of you, beware a cart beside of you, and beware a priest every which way.”

“Anger is precious. A silverback uses his anger to maintain order and warn his troop of danger. When my father beat his chest, it was to say, Beware, listen, I am in charge. I am angry to protect you, because that is what I was born to do.Here in my domain, there is no one to protect.”

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”