Tuesday, January 06, 2009

News at Eleven: Finding a dead end

It is said that it is enough for a poet to be the guilty conscience of his times. [Mahmoud] Darwish could see that both Palestinians and Israelis were trapped in a hole and one of his last poems spoke of the dead end in which they found themselves:

He said: Will you bargain with me now?

from The Hindu: Mahmoud Darwish: Romantic Exile

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