बच्चों के तौर पर हमारे साथ हमारे पिता की सबसे बड़ी उपलब्धि यह थी कि उन्होंने हमें सिखाया कि हर इंसान इंसान है और बराबर है, यहाँ तक कि आपके दुश्मन की भी वही ज़रूरतें और इच्छाएँ हैं जो आपकी हैं: समझ, प्यार और अपनापन।
My father's biggest achievement with us as children was that he taught us that everyone is human and equal, even your enemy has the same needs and wants that you do: understanding, love, inclusion.
My father's biggest achievement with us as children was that he taught us that everyone is human and equal, even your enemy has the same needs and wants that you do: understanding, love, inclusion.
एक बात मुझे डराती है। वह यह है कि संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका का मीडिया बाकी की दुनिया को किस तरह से पेश करता है। मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि अमेरिका के लोगों को दूसरे देशों में क्या हो रहा है, उसकी बिल्कुल अलग तस्वीर मिल रही है, जो कि असलियत से कोसों दूर है।
There's something that scares me. It's the way media in the United States presents the rest of the world. I feel like people in America are getting a completely different picture of what's going on in other countries than what is reality.
There's something that scares me. It's the way media in the United States presents the rest of the world. I feel like people in America are getting a completely different picture of what's going on in other countries than what is reality.
सबसे अच्छे कलाकार राष्ट्रीयता और पहचान की सीमाओं से परे होते हैं।
The best artists transcend nationality and identity.
The best artists transcend nationality and identity.
मुझे लगता है कि मैंने पहली बार गहराई से तब महसूस किया था कि मैं एक फ़लस्तीनी हूँ, जब मैं रात के समय अपने पिता के साथ वापस स्कूल जाने की कोशिश कर रही थी और फ़लस्तीनी लोगों के लिए कर्फ्यू लगा हुआ था। मेरे पिता ने कहा, "मैं आगे चलूंगा, लेकिन तुम्हें यह समझना होगा कि पुलिस मुझे जाने नहीं देगी... इसलिए तुम चलते रहना और मेरी तरफ मत देखना और पीछे मुड़कर भी मत देखना।"
I think the first time I really felt that I was Palestinian was a time when I was trying to go back to school with my father at night and there was a curfew for Palestinians. My father said, "I will walk first, but you have to understand, the police will not let me go... So keep moving and don't look at me and don't look back."
I think the first time I really felt that I was Palestinian was a time when I was trying to go back to school with my father at night and there was a curfew for Palestinians. My father said, "I will walk first, but you have to understand, the police will not let me go... So keep moving and don't look at me and don't look back."
मेरे पिता मेरी माँ का आशियाना थे, वह इकलौती जगह थे जहाँ वह सुरक्षित महसूस करती थीं। उनके लिए यह सब आस्था की एक यात्रा थी, और मुझे लगता है कि उन्हें ऐसा महसूस होता था कि अगर इस तरह की यात्रा के अंत में आपको और ज़्यादा प्यार और समझ नहीं मिलती, तो आप भटक चुके हैं—और यदि आपको अंत में केवल नफरत और कड़वाहट मिलती है, तो वह आपको तबाह कर देगी। मैं इस बात पर पूरा यकीन करती हूँ।
My father was my mother's home, the one place that she knew she could be safe. It was all a journey of faith for him, and I think he felt like if you don't find more love and understanding at the end of a journey like that, then you are lost - and if you only find hate and resentment, it will destroy you. I believe that.
My father was my mother's home, the one place that she knew she could be safe. It was all a journey of faith for him, and I think he felt like if you don't find more love and understanding at the end of a journey like that, then you are lost - and if you only find hate and resentment, it will destroy you. I believe that.
आम अमेरिकी जनता तक जो जानकारी पहुँच रही है, उसमें एक विकृति है। यह एक तरह के दायरे या बुलबुले में बंद है और एक दिन यह बुलबुला फूट जाएगा।
There's a deformity in the information that the public in the United Statesis receiving. It's contained in kind of a bubble and one day this bubble will explode.
There's a deformity in the information that the public in the United Statesis receiving. It's contained in kind of a bubble and one day this bubble will explode.
मध्य पूर्व में एक महिला के तौर पर आपके पास अपनी पसंद की ज़्यादा आज़ादी नहीं होती—अक्सर ऐसा होता है कि लड़कियों की शादी 13 या 14 साल की उम्र में ही कर दी जाती है।
As a woman, you don't have really much freedom of choice in the Middle East - very often, by the time they are 13 or 14, girls get married.
As a woman, you don't have really much freedom of choice in the Middle East - very often, by the time they are 13 or 14, girls get married.
आप खुद से सवाल करने लगते हैं: मैं कौन हूँ? मैं कहाँ से ताल्लुक रखती हूँ? मैं कहाँ जा रही हूँ? मेरा शहर क्यों बंटा हुआ है? हमें कुछ खास इलाकों में जाने की अनुमति क्यों नहीं है? हम अपने पिता से पूछा करते थे कि ईसाई किसी दूसरे मोहल्ले में क्यों रहते थे और हमारे मोहल्ले में क्यों नहीं आते थे। मुझे लगता है कि मेरे पिता इन सवालों पर हमारा ध्यान जाने से बचाने की कोशिश कर रहे थे।
You start questioning yourself: Who am I? Where do I belong? Where am I going? Why is my city divided? Why are we not allowed to enter in certain areas? We used to ask my father why the Christians lived in another neighborhood and didn’t come to our neighborhood. I think my father was trying to avoid having us think about these issues.
You start questioning yourself: Who am I? Where do I belong? Where am I going? Why is my city divided? Why are we not allowed to enter in certain areas? We used to ask my father why the Christians lived in another neighborhood and didn’t come to our neighborhood. I think my father was trying to avoid having us think about these issues.
आप चाहे चीन से आएं, रूस से आएं या किसी भी जगह से, आप न्यू यॉर्कवासी बन सकते हैं। आप जो कहना चाहते हैं यहाँ खुलकर कह सकते हैं, सचमुच खुद को अभिव्यक्त कर सकते हैं।
You can come from China, Russia, any place, and you can be a New Yorker. You can say what you want to say here, really express yourself.
You can come from China, Russia, any place, and you can be a New Yorker. You can say what you want to say here, really express yourself.
न्यू यॉर्क के बारे में मुझे जो बात सबसे ज़्यादा पसंद है, वह यह है कि मैं सड़क पर चल सकती हूँ और कोई भी मुझे इस नज़र से नहीं देखता कि मैं उनसे अलग हूँ। अपने देश में और इटली में, आपको कोई न कोई पक्ष चुनना ही पड़ता है। मैं एक जानी-मानी पत्रकार थी और साथ ही एक अप्रवासी भी थी और आखिरकार मुझे कभी यह अहसास होना बंद नहीं हुआ कि मैं यहाँ सिर्फ एक मेहमान हूँ।
What I love most about New York is that I can walk in the street and nobody is looking at me as if I'm different. In my country and in Italy, you have to choose sides. I was a famous journalist and I was also an immigrant and ultimately I never stopped feeling like I was a guest.
What I love most about New York is that I can walk in the street and nobody is looking at me as if I'm different. In my country and in Italy, you have to choose sides. I was a famous journalist and I was also an immigrant and ultimately I never stopped feeling like I was a guest.
बचपन की मेरी सबसे पहली याद बगीचों में खेलने की है, यहाँ तक कि मस्जिद अपने आप में एक विशाल बगीचा है, जो शायद पूरे पूर्वी यरुशलम में सबसे बड़ा है। हमारा घर मस्जिद से करीब 100 मीटर की दूरी पर था।
My first memory as a child growing up is of playing in the gardens, the mosque is really a gigantic garden, probably the biggest in all of East Jerusalem. Our house was about 100 meters from the mosque.
My first memory as a child growing up is of playing in the gardens, the mosque is really a gigantic garden, probably the biggest in all of East Jerusalem. Our house was about 100 meters from the mosque.
जब मेरे पिता का इंतकाल हुआ तब मैं 16 साल की थी, और मेरे पास दो विकल्प थे—या तो वापस आकर उनके घर में रहूँ या फिर स्कूल में ही रुक जाऊँ। लेकिन मुझे लगा कि अगर मेरे पिता चाहते थे कि मैं 5 साल की उम्र में उस स्कूल में जाऊँ, तो इसके पीछे ज़रूर कोई वजह रही होगी—और किशोरावस्था में मुझे वह वजह समझ आ गई, क्योंकि वह स्कूल इकलौता ऐसा स्थान बन गया जहाँ मैं सुरक्षित थी।
I was 16 when my father died, and I had a choice to come back and live in his house or I'd stay at the school. But I felt if my father wanted me to go to that school when I was 5, there must have been a reason - and I understood that reason when I was a teenager, because that school became the only place where I was safe.
I was 16 when my father died, and I had a choice to come back and live in his house or I'd stay at the school. But I felt if my father wanted me to go to that school when I was 5, there must have been a reason - and I understood that reason when I was a teenager, because that school became the only place where I was safe.
मैं अपने घर की दीवारों, मस्जिद की दीवारों और बाद में अपने स्कूल की दीवारों के पीछे सुरक्षित थी। मैं नहीं जानती थी कि मैं एक फ़लस्तीनी हूँ। मैं यह तो जानती थी कि मैं एक लड़की हूँ, लेकिन पहचान से जुड़े सवाल बाद में आए जब मैं 12 या 13 साल की थी—तब वे बहुत ही तीव्र रूप में सामने आए।
I was protected behind the walls of my house, the walls of the mosque and later, walls of my school. I didn't know that I was Palestinian. I knew that I was a girl, but the identity issues came later when I was 12 or 13 - then, they came in a very strong way.
I was protected behind the walls of my house, the walls of the mosque and later, walls of my school. I didn't know that I was Palestinian. I knew that I was a girl, but the identity issues came later when I was 12 or 13 - then, they came in a very strong way.
मेरा पूरा बचपन उस बगीचे में ही बीता। वह मेरे लिए कोई धार्मिक जगह नहीं थी। मुझे वहाँ जो प्यार महसूस होता था... वह सड़कों पर मैंने जो कुछ भी देखा था, उसके बिल्कुल विपरीत था। वह एक अलग ही दुनिया थी।
My whole childhood was about being in the garden. It wasn't really a religious place to me. The love I felt there... was in contradiction with what I saw in the streets. It was a different world.
My whole childhood was about being in the garden. It wasn't really a religious place to me. The love I felt there... was in contradiction with what I saw in the streets. It was a different world.
मुझे उम्मीद है कि अमेरिकी टेलीविज़न पर एक ऐसी खिड़की खुलेगी जहाँ दुनिया के बाकी हिस्सों को कम सेंसरशिप के साथ देखा जा सके। संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका के बाहर की दुनिया में कुछ ऐसी बात है जिसे यहाँ समझा नहीं जाता—जो अमेरिकियों को डरावनी लगती है।
I hope there's a window that opens in American television where the rest of the world is viewed in a less censored light. There is something about the world outside the United States that is not understood here - that seems threatening to Americans.
I hope there's a window that opens in American television where the rest of the world is viewed in a less censored light. There is something about the world outside the United States that is not understood here - that seems threatening to Americans.