and all the work that we do that each one of us does by engaging English and the culture,

the civilization, Western civilization, trying to negotiate and teach and change their minds

and gain more popular support or whatever.

It's immense work, necessary work, but I really think it has little little in my belief, and I don't say this out

of despair, it probably has little return on investment, a lot smaller return on investment

than we think. Palestine will be liberated in Arabic and from Iraq. It will not be liberated

from all this work that we do in English. I believe that we are

nothing but placeholders here for the time and the sacrifices, which I wrote in that same essay.

The major sacrifices for Palestine come from Palestine in Arabia.

We're delighted to welcome our dear friend Fadi Juda to Maghtasy Street.

Fadi is a Palestinian-American poet and physician.

He's an extraordinary writer.

He's an extraordinary translator.

He's an extraordinary intellectual.

He's an extraordinary physician.

His latest work is entitled Elipsies and was a finalist for the 2004 National Book Award for Poetry Prize.

Fadi was born in Austin, Texas in 1971 to Palestinian refugee parents.

He grew up in Libya and Saudi Arabia, and he currently practices medicine in Houston, Texas.

Fadi has volunteered for many different organizations,

including Doctors Without Borders.

His poetry and his writings have been published in a variety of venues.

In 2006, he published The Butterfly's Burden,

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