MAHMUD DERVIŠ KORIFEJ PALESTINSKE POEZIJE OTPORA
MAHMUD DARWISH THE CORYPHAEUS OF THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE POETRY

Summary/Abstract: Mahmud Darwish is probably the most prominent representative of the Palestinian resistance poetry and is well known to the Arabic readers for his inspirational and heroic love for Palestine. He began writing poetry as a young man. His first book of poetry, Asafeer billa ajneeha, was published when he was nineteen. During his life in Haifa, he was a journalist and translator for Al-Jadid and an editor of Al-Ittihad magazine, published by the “Rakah” communist party. He moved to Cairo in 1971 and started working for the leading Egyptian newspapers Al-Ahram. He moves to Beirut in 1973 and soon joins the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). He won numerous prizes and international awards.

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