Poetic Obituaries: [Mahmoud] Darwish's mother [Huriyya Darwish]

was a central figure in his poetry, immortalized as a symbol for the earth of his homeland in his famous poem, "For my mother" turned into a song by Syrian singer Marcel Khalifah.

I long for my mother's bread

from Ma'an News Agency: Mahmoud Darwish's mother, immortalized in poetry, dies at 96

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