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Mahmoud Darwish, The award-winning Palestinian poet, has died aged 67, after heart surgery in a Texas hospital.
Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland takes a look at a man who widely loved man by Palestinians and poetry-lovers alike.
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Mahmoud Darwish composed his first poem at the age of 12, going on to publish more than 20 volumes of poetry throughout his lifetime, penning verse that became embedded into the Palestinian consciousness. He lived a life of resistance, jailed several times by the Israelis.
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The life of the Arab world's most celebrated poet is over. We ask: How will all those touched by the work of Mahmoud Darwish remember him? In this day and age, Can the pen mobilize the conscious of the masses to pick up the sword? Mahmoud Darwish was, after all, a poet not a politician.
El poeta palestino Mahmud Darwish murió el sábado en la ciudad de Houston, Texas, a los 67 años, luego de haber sido sometido a una operación del corazón. Darwish es considerado por los palestinos como un poeta nacional y reclaman que su cuerpo sea enterrado en su pueblo natal en la zona de la Galilea. Sin embargo, es probable que sea sepultado en la ciudad de Ramala.
10/08/08
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Mahmoud Darwish composed his first poem at the age of 12, going on to publish more than 20 volumes of poetry throughout his lifetime, penning verse that became embedded into the Palestinian consciousness. He lived a life of resistance, jailed several times by the Israelis.
