BOMB 118/Winter 2012
BOMB 118/Winter 2012 cover

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Mahmoud Darwish

by Raja Shehadeh

Mahmoud Darwish (1941– 2008) was this era’s preeminent Palestinian poet. The near-constant curfew in Ramallah, the home of both Darwish and fellow writer and civil rights lawyer Raja Shehadeh, dictated the terms of their meeting in 2002.