Mahmoud Darwish
Gunter Grass’ poem on Israel: Freeing many from silence?
Opinion
April 16, 2012
Gunter Grass’ poem on Israel: Freeing many from silence?
The recent poem of Gunter Grass, “What Must Be Said,” has stirred a storm of controversy in the West, as…
In the Presence of Absence: Mahmoud Darwish’s farewell to language
Books
September 5, 2011
In the Presence of Absence: Mahmoud Darwish’s farewell to language
Mahmoud Darwish wrote “In the Presence of Absence” near the end of his complex, rich, and engaged life. Palestine’s national…
Mahmoud Darwish’s ‘Journal of an Ordinary Grief’
Books
November 17, 2010
Mahmoud Darwish’s ‘Journal of an Ordinary Grief’
In Mahmoud Darwish’s Journal of an Ordinary Grief--published in 1973 as Yawmiyyat al-Huzn al-'Adi and now available in English translation--the…
The poet lives
Opinion
August 16, 2010
The poet lives
Two years have passed since the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) died at a hospital in Texas from complications he…
The Butterfly’s Burden: Mahmoud Darwish’s legacy
Books
August 9, 2010
The Butterfly’s Burden: Mahmoud Darwish’s legacy
Two years ago today, while undergoing heart surgery in Texas, the poet Mahmoud Darwish died at age 67. Al-Masry Al-Youm…