Mahmoud Darwish

A Poem for Land Day: Mahmoud Darwish’s ‘The Second Olive Tree’

“The olive tree does not weep and does not laugh.”

On March 13, Poems for and after Mahmoud Darwish

“Perhaps you’re there now / You watch what’s happening from afar, / and with the silence of a god, / decide to do nothing.”

Palestine, Poetry, WiTMonth

New Poetry: Samar Abdel Jaber’s ‘Four Years Without You’

“Perhaps you think poetry / is a waste of time, for eternity can’t be rendered in languages / and death after death / has a different name.”

The Leporetto Art of Etel Adnan – Mixing Japanese art with the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

Please join us virtually to view the Palestine Museum US’s latest acquisition, artist Etel Adnan’s leporetto, generously loaned for the year by Martha Damage and available for purchase.

Fiction, Poetry

Nakba Day: Free Palestinian Ebooks, Magazines, More Recommended Reading

There are at least two digital Nakba Day events today; one with poet Najwan Darwish and another the kickoff events for Palestine Art Week: Also to mark Nakba Day, which […]

Interviews

From the Archives: How Mahmoud Darwish Inspired a Poetry Movement in Assam, India

“The off-LBF podcast below explores the Miyah poetry movement that was sparked in April 2016 when poet Hafiz Ahmed composed ‘Write Down I Am a Miyah,’ inspired in part by Mahmoud Darwish’s ‘ID Card,’ and shared it on social media.”

On Translation, Poetry

Mehmet Hakkı Suçin on Translating Mahmoud Darwish into Turkish

“For instance, the Palestinian society is more familiar with references to Christianity than the Turkish society. … So while translating Darwish’s works, I brought the references to verses from the Bible or the Torah to the attention of Turkish readers.”

Poetry

How Mahmoud Darwish Inspired a Poetry Movement in Assam, India

The off-London Book Fair podcast explores the Miyah poetry movement that was sparked in April 2016 when poet Hafiz Ahmed composed “Write Down I Am a Miyah,” an echo of Mahmoud Darwish’s “ID Card,” and shared it on social media.