Suheir Hammad

I think of feminism as a socially just and imaginative world.

I am so old-fashioned. I've never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent.

Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded.

Life is a right, not collateral or casual.

I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didn't want to be either one.