According to her, Baladna’s purpose is to educate young Palestinians to hold onto their national identity, “which Israel tries to erase along with our belonging to the Palestinian people, and our self-knowledge.”

Source: https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-youth-baladna-nidaa-nassar/

Art is a step not only towards self-knowledge but also towards helping others.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/russias-only-international-lgbtq-film-festival-faces-propaganda-ban/

Suffice it to say that over the next 10 years of the protagonist’s life, we move from ugly underwear to actual shame; from crushes to love; and from self-consciousness to hard-won self-knowledge.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/books/review/diana-athill-dont-look-at-me-like-that.html