Mahmoud Darwish

Poets Wandering

Kazim Ali | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israel, Poetry, Israeli Poets, Peace Poetry, Palestine Poetry, Palestinian Poets, Mahmoud Darwish, Rivka Miriam, Israel Poetry, World News
Kazim Ali

Toward the end of my journey I traveled north on the train to the Nahariyya station, where I met Rachel Tzvia Back, a poet with whom I have communicated by email for many years.

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National Poetry Month: Breeding Hyperlinks Out of the Dead Land

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jonathan Galassi, Patricia Smith, National Poetry Month, Jenny Holzer, D.A. Powell, Elizabeth Bishop, Linh Dinh, Mahmoud Darwish, Ed Sanders, Rae Armantrout, Sonia Sanchez, Bob Perlman, Amber Tamblyn, Books News
Travis Nichols

It's National Poetry Month, so media outlets all across the country are shining a spotlight on the art form they normally ignore, mangle, or treat with derision. Hooray!

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Poetry Is Thriving In The Arab World

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Darwish, The Poetic Life, Arab World Poetry, Dubai Poetry Festival, Poetry, Healthy Living News
John Lundberg

Dubai's construction projects may be stalling out, but the region's push to become a place of international cultural significance is still going stron...

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"Don't Let It Sink" : Making Coffee with Mahmoud Darwish

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beirut, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Gaza, Occupied Territories, Pale, Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinians, Tzipi Livni, Occupied Palestine, Lebanon, Memory for Forgetfulness, Israeli Elections, Arabic Literature, Arabic Poetrty, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, War Poetry, Israel Gaza, Israel, World News
Freddy Deknatel

Under the terror of jets and shelling, the Israeli siege of Beirut, Darwish is making coffee.

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Why You Should Read Mahmoud Darwish

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Darwish, Poetry, Healthy Living News
John Lundberg

When renowned novelist Ahdaf Soueif said that the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was "the last poet who could fill a football stadium," it wasn't hy...

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