All About Mahmoud Darwish

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Status

Released

Production

Al Jazeera Documentary Channel

Aired

2009-08-17

All About Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile.