ISBN: 9780863566349

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Saqi Books; Tra edition (3 Aug 2009)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm

Mahmoud Darwish is one of the most acclaimed contemporary poets in the Arab world, and is often cited as the poetic voice of the Palestinian people. During the summer of 2006, Darwish was in Ramallah. He recorded his observations and feelings in this diary as Israel attacked Gaza and Lebanon. Darwish writes of love, loss and the pain of exile in bittersweet poems leavened with hope and joy.