highly of the great Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai. But he was careful to point out that the conflict in Palestine was a struggle "between two memories" and that Amichai would only admit the existence of one. Darwish insisted that each side tell its narrative freely so that a dialogue would result. In Darwish's last years he let these wide cultural interests emerge in his poetry. He saw Palestine as the summation of influences: Canaanites, Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, Ottoman Turks, British.
from Swans Commentary: The Poet Who Would Not Be Expelled From History
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