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Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish Palestinian poet and author Mahmoud Darwish, 2005.

Mahmoud Darwish

Palestinian poet
Also known as: Maḥmūd Darwīsh
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Professor Emeritus of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Florida; Visiting Professor, University of Michigan. Author of The Graying of the Raven: Cultural and Sociopolitical Significance...
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Mahmoud Darwish (born March 13, 1941, Al-Birwa, Palestine [now El-Birwa, Israel]—died August 9, 2008, Houston, Texas, U.S.) was a Palestinian poet and author who gave voice to the struggles of the Palestinian people. His poems are noted for their themes of loss, exile, and resistance. Darwish was the second of eight children in a family of middle-class farmers who lived in the village of Al-Birwa, Palestine (now El-Birwa, Israel). After the establishment of the...

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