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Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: محمود درويش; born 1941 in Al-Birwah, British Mandate of Palestine) is a contemporary Palestinian poet and writer of prose. al-Birwa or al-Birwe (البروه is a former Palestinian village that was captured by Israel on June 11 1948 during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language al-Birwa or al-Birwe (البروه is a former Palestinian village that was captured by Israel on June 11 1948 during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war The Palestine Mandate, was a set of protocols or articles that formed a multilateral legal and administrative agreement Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" For the Wikipedia guideline regarding editing articles see WikipediaManual of Style. He has published over thirty volumes of poetry, eight books of prose and has served as the editor of several publications, including: Al-Jadid, Al-Fajr, Shu'un Filistiniyya and Al-Karmel. He is recognized internationally for his poetry, which focuses on his strong affection for his lost homeland. His work has won numerous awards, and has been published in at least twenty-two languages. The majority of his work has not been translated into English. [1]
In the 1960s, Darwish joined the official Communist Party of Israel, the Rakah, but he is better known for his active work within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Maki (מק"י an acronym for HaMiflega HaKomunistit HaYisraelit (המפלגה הקומוניסטית הישראלית lit The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary Once a member of PLO Executive Committee, he resigned from the Committee and broke with the PLO in 1993 to protest the continuation of the Oslo Accords. The Executive Committee (PLO EC is the highest executive body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles
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Early Life and Education
· In 1941, Darwish was born in the village of al-Birwa, in the Galilee, east of Acre in Palestine. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The term Palestine and the related term Palestinian have several overlapping (and occasionally contradictory definitions Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Palestinian diaspora ( الشتات, al-shatat) is a term used to describe Palestinians living outside of historic Palestine - an area Name There are differences of opinion as to what the Palestinian territories should be called Palestinian Refugee camps were established after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War to accommodate Palestinian refugees who fled from the war The Gaza Strip is located in the Middle East (at 31 25 N 34 20 E and consists of around 360sq km The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west Geography of the Best Wank Location Middle East west of Jordan Geographic coordinates: Map references Middle East The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria The 16 Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are divided into 16 electoral Districts ( Aqdya, singular - Qadaa) After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories were divided into three areas (Area A Area B and Area C and 16 Governorates under the jurisdiction List of cities (and towns in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The list of Arab localities in Israel includes all population centers with a 50% or higher Arab population in the State of Israel. East Jerusalem refers to the part of Jerusalem captured by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and subsequently by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary The Palestinian National Council (PNC is the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization and elects its Executive Committee which assumes leadership of the The Palestinian Legislative Council (sometimes referred to as the Palestinan Parliament) the Legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a Unicameral The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP) ( Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Tahrīr A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain Ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power usually The Palestinian flag ( علم فلسطين) was originally designed by Sharif Hussein for the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916 The Palestinian Christians are Palestinians who follow Christianity. Islam in Israel and Palestinian territories includes the Muslims of Israel, where they constitute 16% of the population those who comprise 75% of the population of Church_of_the_nativity_bethjpg|thumb|200px|View of The Church of the Nativity from Manger Square]]The Church of the Nativity ( كنيسة المهد) in Bethlehem The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Sanctum Sepulchrum also called the Church of the Resurrection, ( Greek: Ναός της Αναστάσεως Naos tis Anastaseos This article refers to the basilica in Nazareth For information on the church associated with the Blagoveschenskaya Tower in Russia see Kremlin towers or Cathedral Rachel's Tomb ( Hebrew: קבר רחל Arabic: translit Qubbat Rakhil, trans Al-Aqsa Mosque ( Arabic:المسجد الاقصى /æl'mæsdʒɪd æl'ɑqsˁɑ/ {{Audio|ArAqsaMosque The Dome of the Rock ( Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة translit The Mosque of Omar (مسجد عمر is the oldest and only Mosque in the city of Bethlehem, located in Manger Square, near the Church of the The Cave of the Patriarchs ( Hebrew: מערת המכפלה Me'arat HaMachpela, Trans Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Palestinian art is a term used to refer to Paintings Posters Installation art and other visual media produced by Palestinian artists Palestinian costumes are the traditional Clothing worn by Palestinians. Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support Palestinian cuisine consists of foods from or commonly eaten by the Arabs of historical Palestine — which includes those living in the Palestinian territories Dabke ( Arabic: ar دبكة also transliterated as debke, dabka, and dabkeh) is the traditional Folk Palestinian pottery refers to Pottery produced in Palestine throughout the ages and pottery produced by modern-day Palestinians. Palestinian handicrafts are Handicrafts produced by Palestinian people. Palestinian Arabic is a Levantine Arabic dialect subgroup spoken by Palestinians and Arab Israelis. Palestinian literature refers to the Arabic language novels short stories and poems produced by Palestinians. Palestinian music ( موسيقى فلسطينية) is one of many regional sub-genres of Arabic music. The following is a list of prominent Palestinians. Academic figures Rami Abuhabsah, Biologist Nadia Hany Abu-Assad (born 11 October 1961 (هاني أبو أسعد is a Dutch - Palestinian film director Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (إبراهيم أبو لغد February 15, 1929 — May 23, 2001) was a Palestinian (later American Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini ( Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني (August 24 1929 – November 11 Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (b October 8 1946 is a Palestinian legislator human rights activist and scholar Mohammad Bakri ( 1953 -) (محمد بكري מוחמד בכרי also spelled Mohammed or Muhammad) is an Arab actor and director with Israeli Rim Banna is a Palestinian singer Composer and Arranger that is well-known for her modern interpretations of traditional folk songs Tawfiq Canaan (24 September 1882 – 15 January 1964 was a Physician and pioneer in the field of Medicine in Palestine, also well-known for being one of Imil (Emile Shukri Habibi (إميل حبيبي אמיל חביבי 21 January 1922 – 2 May 1996) was a Palestinian - Nathalie Handal (نتالي حنظل born July 29, 1969) is a Poet, Writer, Playwright and literary researcher of Middle Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (محمد أمين الحسيني properly transliterated al-Husseini, 1895 / 1897 - July 4, 1974) a member Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (فيصل عبدالقادر الحسيني ( July 17, 1940 – May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (عبد القادر الحسيني also spelled Abd al-Qader al-Husseini) (1907-1948 was a Palestinian nationalist and fighter who Ghassan Kanafani (غسان كنفاني April 9, 1936 in Akka, Palestine – July 8, 1972 in Beirut, Lebanon Ghada Karmi (غادة كرمي) (1939- is a Palestinian doctor of medicine author and academic Leila Khaled (ليلى خالد laylà ẖālid; born April 9, 1944) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP Rashid Khalidi (born 1950 an American historian of the Middle East, is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, and director Walid Khalidi (وليد خالدي born in 1925 in Jerusalem) is an Oxford University educated Palestinian historian who has written extensively on the Samih al-Qasim ( سميح القاسم; b 1939 is a Palestinian Druze poet and citizen of Israel whose Arabic poetry is well-known Edward Wadie Saïd MRSL ( إدوارد وديع سعيد,; 1 November 1935 &ndash 25 September Khalil al-Sakakini ( خليل السكاكيني; January 23, 1878 - August 13, 1953) was a Palestinian Christian, Elia Suleiman (إيليا سليمان born July 28, 1960 in Nazareth) is a Palestinian-Israeli film director and Actor Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir ( خليل الوزير) also known by his kunya " Abu Jihad " (Arabic أبو جهاد — Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin (1937 – March 22 2004 ( Arabic: ar الشيخ أحمد ياسين was the co-founder with Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, of Hamas May Ziade (née Marie, with Ziade also written Ziadé or Ziadeh) ( مي زيادة) ( February 11 1886. al-Birwa or al-Birwe (البروه is a former Palestinian village that was captured by Israel on June 11 1948 during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war "Galil" redirects here For the weapon see IMI Galil. Galilee (הגליל ha-Galil, lit the province, Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. He was the second child of a landowning Muslim family of five boys and three girls. After the establishment of Israel, he fled to Lebanon with his family and stayed there for a year, before returning to the Acre area, which was now in the state of Israel, and settling down in Deir al-Asad. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية ash-Shaghur is also a town in the Balqa governorate of Jordan.
Darwish continued his primary education in Deir al-Asad. Later on, he obtained his secondary education in Kafr Yasif, two kilometers north of Jadeidi. Kafr Yasif also spelled Kfar Yasif or Kafar Yasef, (כפר יאסיף كفر ياسيف Kufr Yaseef) is an Arab local council in Jadeidi-Makr or Makr-Jadeidi (גֻ'דֵידָה-מַכְּר مكر جديده is an Israeli Arab Local council formed by the merger of the two Eventually, Darwish moved to Haifa. Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with His first book of poetry was published when he was only nineteen (Asafir bila ajniha, Wingless birds, 1960). In 1964, he emerged as a major voice of the Palestinian resistance with Awraq Al-zaytun (Leaves of olives). His poetry became extremely popular, especially Identity Card written in 1964 :
"Record!
I am an Arab
And my identity card is number fifty thousand
I have eight children
And the ninth is coming after a summer
Will you be angry?
Record!
I am an Arab
I have a name without a title
Patient in a country
Where people are enraged . . . "
Later life
After completing his secondary education, Darwish began publishing poetry and articles for newspapers and magazines such as Al-Itihad and Al-Jadid, where he later became the editor. In 1961, he joined secretly the Communist Party of Israel, the Maki (later also known as Raqah), and began working as a co-editor of Alfajr. Maki (מק"י an acronym for HaMiflega HaKomunistit HaYisraelit (המפלגה הקומוניסטית הישראלית lit
He was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned since for his writing and political activities, and in 1970 he left for Moscow. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Later, he moved to Cairo in 1971 where he worked for AL-Ahram daily newspaper. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. In Beirut, in 1973, he edited the monthly Shu'un Filistiniyya (Palestinian Affairs) and worked as a director in the Palestinian Research Center of the PLO and joined the organisation. Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary In 1981, he founded and became editor of the literary journal Al-Karmel.
During the summer of 1982, Beirut was under siege by the Israeli army and was bombed from 13 June to 12 August to drive the PLO out of the city. Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary Darwish related the Palestinian resistance to the Israeli siege in Qasidat Bayrut (1982) and Madih al-zill al'ali(1983), later in the English version in Memory for Forgetfulness (1995). It led the poet to another exile to Cairo, Tunis and Paris. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. Tunis ( Arabic: تونس Tūnis) is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Darwish was elected to the PLO Executive Committee in 1987. The Executive Committee (PLO EC is the highest executive body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO
In 1988, one of his poems, Passers Between the Passing Words was discussed in the Knesset, he was accused of demanding that the Jews leave Israel, although he claimed he meant they should leave the West Bank and Gaza. For Beit Knesset a Jewish Place of worship, see Synagogue. The Knesset (כנסת lit PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. The poet wrote :
"So leave our land
Our shore, our sea
Our wheat, our salt, our wound. "
In 1993, after the Oslo accords, Mahmoud Darwish resigned from the PLO Executive Committee. Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles The Executive Committee (PLO EC is the highest executive body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO Darwish has consistently demanded a "tough and fair" stand in negotiations with Israel. [2]
He continued as an editor for the Al-Karmel magazine, and lived in Paris before returning to Palestine in 1995, entering on a visa to see his mother. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. He had permission to return for the funeral of his friend Emile Habibi (a writer) and to visit his hometown but for only a few days. Imil (Emile Shukri Habibi (إميل حبيبي אמיל חביבי 21 January 1922 – 2 May 1996) was a Palestinian - While in Palestine, he was issued a permit to stay in the country by the Israeli authorities. He lived in a central West Bank Palestinian town, Ramallah, where Yasser Arafat had his headquarters. Ramallah ( Arabic:) (lit "Height of God" is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank adjacent to Al-Bireh with a population 118000 Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini ( Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني (August 24 1929 – November 11
Yossi Sarid, who was Israel's education minister, suggested in March 2000 that some of Darwish's poems should be included in the Israeli high school curriculum. Yossi Sarid (יוסי שריד born 24 October 1940 is a left-wing Israeli news commentator and former politician But Prime Minister Ehud Barak declared, "Israel is not ready. Ehud Barak (אֵהוּד בָּרָק born Ehud Brog on 12 February 1942) is an Israeli politician former Prime Minister, and "
He currently resides in Ramallah and in Amman. Ramallah ( Arabic:) (lit "Height of God" is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank adjacent to Al-Bireh with a population 118000 Amman (ɑˈmɑːn sometimes spelled Ammann ( Arabic عمان ʿAmmān) is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom
Audio releases
Many of his poems have been set to music by artists such as Marcel Khalife, Majida El Roumi, and Ahmad Qa'abour. Marcel Khalife ( مارسيل خليفة; b 1950 Amchit, Mount Lebanon) is a Lebanese composer singer and Oud (an Arabic Lute Majida El Roumi ( ماجدة الرومي, also transliterated as Majida Al Roumi) was born in Kfarshima, Lebanon on December 13 In 1996, 1999 and 2003, the well-known musician Marcel Khalife faced a trial for blasphemy and insulting religious values because of the song entitled I am Yusuf, oh my father which was based on Darwish's poem and cited a verse from the Qur'an. Marcel Khalife ( مارسيل خليفة; b 1950 Amchit, Mount Lebanon) is a Lebanese composer singer and Oud (an Arabic Lute The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran In this poem, Darwish shared the pain of Yusuf (Joseph) who was rejected by his brothers, who fear him because he is too handsome and kind. "Oh my father, I am Yusuf / Oh father, my brothers neither love me nor want me in their midst". The poem uses the story of Joseph to reference the rejection of the Palestinians.
Films
In 1997 a documentary entitled Mahmoud Darwish was produced by French TV directed by noted French-Israeli director Simone Bitton. Simone Bitton (born in 1955 in Morocco) is a documentary filmmaker
In 2004, Mahmoud Darwish asked a delegation of internationally-renowned writers and intellectuals to travel to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in part to participate in a cultural event in honour of the poet, but also to see first-hand life under Israeli military occupation. The are the territories captured by Israel from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria during the Six-Day War of 1967 consisting of the West The delegation includes Russell Banks (U.S., author of The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction), Bei Dao (China, famous exiled poet), José Saramago (Portugal, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature), and Wole Soyinka (Nigeria, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature). Russell Banks (born March 28, 1940 in Newton Massachusetts) is an American Writer of Fiction and Poetry The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Bei Dao ("Northern Island" is another name for Zhifu Island. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE (ʒuˈzɛ sɐɾɐˈmagu born November 16, 1922) is a Nobel-laureate Portuguese Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred The documentary is entitled Writers on the Borders, directed by Samir Abdallah and José Reynes, the narration is in many languages, among them : English, French, Italian, Chinese, etc.
Quotations
"I thought poetry could change everything, could change history and could humanize, and I think that the illusion is very necessary to push poets to be involved and to believe, but now I think that poetry changes only the poet. "
"We should not justify suicide bombers. We are against the suicide bombers, but we must understand what drives these young people to such actions. They want to liberate themselves from such a dark life. It is not ideological, it is despair. "
Prizes
- The Lotus Prize (1969; from the Union of Afro-Asian Writers)
- Lenin Peace Prize (1983; from the USSR)
- The Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (1993; from France)
- The Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom (2001)
- Prince Claus Awards (2004)
- "Bosnian stećak" (2007)
Bibliography
Poetry
- Asafir bila ajniha (Wingless birds), 1960
- Awraq Al-Zaytun (Leaves of olives), 1964
- Ashiq min filastin (A Lover from Palestine), 1966
- Akhir al-layl (the end of the night), 1967
- Yawmiyyat jurh filastini (Diary of a Palestinian wound), 1969
- Habibati tanhad min nawmiha (My beloved awakens), 1969
- al-Kitabah 'ala dhaw'e al-bonduqiyah (Writing in the light of the gun), 1970
- al-'Asafir tamut fi al-jalil (Birds are Dying in Galilee), 1970
- Mahmoud Darwish works, 1971. The International Stalin Prize or the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples (renamed Международная Ленинская премия «За The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation The Prince Claus Fund was inaugurated in 1996 named in honor of Prince Claus of The Netherlands. Two volumes
- Mattar na'em fi kharif ba'eed (Light rain in a distant autumn) 1971
- Uhibbuki aw la uhibbuki (I love you, I love you not), 1972
- Jondiyyun yahlum bi-al-zanabiq al-baidaa' (a soldier dreaming of white lilies), 1973
- Complete Works, 1973. Printed on a regular basis ever since, with a new introduction, new additions, and sometimes elimination of some parts. Now substituted with al-A'amal al-jadida (2004) and al-A'amal al-oula (2005).
- Muhawalah raqm 7 (Attempt number 7), 1974
- Tilka suratuha wa-hadha intihar al-ashiq (That's Her Image, And That's The Suicide Of Her Lover), 1975
- Ahmad al-za'tar, 1976
- A'ras (Weddings), 1977
- al-Nasheed al-jasadi (The Music of Human Flesh), 1980. Joint work
- Qasidat Bayrut (Ode to Beirut), 1982
- Madih al-zill al-'ali (A eulogy for the tall shadow), 1983
- Hissar li-mada'eh al-bahr, 1984
- Victims of a Map, 1984. Joint work with Samih al-Qasim and Adonis in English. Samih al-Qasim ( سميح القاسم; b 1939 is a Palestinian Druze poet and citizen of Israel whose Arabic poetry is well-known Ali Ahmad Said Asbar ( Arabic: علي أحمد سعيد إسبر; transliterated: alî ahmadi s-sacîdi l-'asbar or Ali Ahmad Sa'id
- Sand and Other Poems, 1986
- Hiya ughniyah, hiya ughniyah (It's a song, it's a song), 1985
- Ward aqal (Fewer roses), 1985
- Ma'asat al-narjis, malhat al-fidda (Tragedy of daffodils, comedy of silver), 1989
- Ara ma oreed (I see what I want), 1990
- Ahad 'asher kaukaban (Eleven planets), 1992
- Limaza tarakt al-hissan wahidan (Why did you leave the horse alone?), 1995. English translation 2006 by Jeffrey Sacks (ISBN 0976395010)
- Psalms, 1995. A selection from Uhibbuki aw la uhibbuki, translation by Ben Bennani
- Sareer El-Ghariba (Bed of a stranger), 1998
- Then Palestine, 1999 (with Larry Towell, photographer, and Rene Backmann)
- Jidariyya (Mural), 2000
- The Adam of Two Edens: Selected Poems, 2001
- Halat Hissar (State of siege), 2002
- La ta'tazer 'amma fa'alt (Don't apologize for what you did), 2003
- Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems, 2003. Translations by Munir Akash, Caroyln Forché and others
- al-A'amal al-jadida (The new works), 2004. A selection of Darwish's recent works
- al-A'amal al-oula (The early works), 2005. Three volumes, a selection of Darwish's early works
- Ka-zahr el-lawz aw ab'ad (Same as almond flowers or farther), 2005
Prose
- Shai'on 'an al-wattan (Something about the homeland), 1971
- Wada'an ayatuha al-harb, wada'an ayuha al-salaam (Farwell, war, farwell, peace), 1974
- Yawmiyyat al-hozn al-'aadi (Diary of the usual sadness), 1973
- Dhakirah li-al-nisyan (Memory for Forgetfulness), 1987. Memory for Forgetfulness is one of Mahmoud Darwish 's more notable works English translation 1995 by Ibrahim Muhawi
- Fi wasf halatina (Describing our condition), 1987
- al-Rasa'il (The Letters), 1990. Joint work with Samih al-Qasim
- 'Aabiroon fi kalamen 'aaber (Bypassers in bypassing words), 1991
- Fi hadrat al-ghiyab (in the presence of absence), 2006
External links
- Darwish poems
- Official website
- Darwish biography
- Listen to Mahmoud Darwish
- 2002 Article on Darwish from The Progressive
- Short biography, two poems and one exerpt at Fence
- Five Darwish poems at Poemhunter.com
- Seven Darwish poems at a Geocities fansite
- Poem of Darwish in a light projection of artist Jenny Holzer in London
References and notes
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