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Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish

Born: 13 March 1941 • Died: 9 August 2008

Palestinian Mahmoud Darwish was born in al-Birwa in Galilee. He is the author of over 30 books of poetry and eight books of prose, and earned the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize from the Lannan Foundation, the Lenin Peace Prize, and the Knight of Arts and Belles Lettres Medal from France. In the 1960s Darwish was imprisoned for reciting poetry and traveling between villages without a permit. Considered a “resistance poet,” he was placed under house arrest when his poem “Identity Card” was turned into a protest song. He died in 2008 in Houston, Texas. (Source)

Poems by Mahmoud Darwish

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On this Land by Mahmoud Darwish

October 6, 2025
“On this land, is what makes life worth living: / on this land is the lady of the land, the mother / of beginnings and endings. She was named Palestine.” — Mahmoud Darwish
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Think of Others by Mahmoud Darwish

September 6, 2025
"As you liberate yourself in metaphor, think of others / (those who have lost the right to speak)." — Mahmoud Darwish
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The house as casualty by Mahmoud Darwish

July 2, 2024
“The house as casualty is also mass murder” — Mahmoud Darwish
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Like a Small Café, That's Love by Mahmoud Darwish

October 10, 2023
"It is raining now. / It is raining more than ever, / and you do not come in." — Mahmoud Darwish