Mahmoud Darwish (محمود درويش) (1941-2008)

Death: 9th August 2008
Cause of death: Complications following open-heart surgery
Location: Mahmoud Darwish Memorial, Mahmoud Darwish Museum, Ramallah, West Bank

Photo taken by: Soman
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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.