Policemen routinely stop drivers of commercial vehicles at this spot to demand bribe - Teju Cole

There’s strong leftist support for Palestinian causes in the United States. Many of my friends in New York, for example, think that Israel is doing terrible things in the Occupied Territories.

the next Edward Said! I was going to do it by studying comparative literature and using it as a basis for societal critique.

I became aware of just how fleeting the sense of happiness was, and how flimsy its basis: a warm restaurant after having come in from the rain, the smell of food and wine, interesting conversation, daylight falling weakly on the polished cherrywood of the tables.”