Poetic Obituaries: [Mahmoud Darwish's] work resonated across political

and generational lines for his ability to express the Palestinian sense of loss, anger and defiance.

In later years, he became increasingly frustrated at the in-fighting between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas. Last year he condemned the explosion of violence between the two groups in Gaza as "a public attempt at suicide in the streets."

In Memoriam

I Come From There

I come from there and I have memories

from The Arab American: Palestinians bury poet Darwish in West Bank
also The Palestinian Chronicle: Darwish: The Anger, the Longing, the Hope [by Uri Avnery]

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