Poet gave voice to Palestinian plight »
Posted By tehranchik 5 months ago in NewsIn the end, death came for Mahmoud Darwish far from the land that had defined him and his work. Darwish, the pre-eminent Palestinian poet, writer and voice of a people, died yesterday night in Houston, Texas, after complications from heart surgery on Wednesday. He was 67. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, declared three days of national mourning. ?It is painful to my heart and soul to announce to the Palestinian, Arab and Muslim people, as well as freedom lovers everywhere, that Mahmoud Darwish, the knight of Palestine, has died,? Mr Abbas said.
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