On going home, he says: “I felt the ecstasy of a person who had not emigrated. I felt as though I had not emigrated, and that the time and geographical spans that had separated me from my family, friends and people had been metaphorical, because I had always been there, for even when I had visited far-flung corners of the earth, my point of reference had always been there, my heart had been there, and so had my first language.”

Sometimes, I could be relatively indifferent about the issue of Right of Return …I’m not sure why… sometimes I think - though not believe - if it’s the sole issue standing in the way of a stop to the chaos, bloodshed and injustice and the only issue getting in the way of peace then perhaps we can make concessions … perhaps compensation can work instead … however, deep within me I strongly believe that each Palestinian exiled from his homeland has the right to go back and live in it… and reading what Mahmoud Darwish says - as his words apply to all exiled Palestinians - about going home reinforces my belief in the Right of Return…