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He lived through occupation and exile, taking on the Israeli oppression head-on with poems that drew attention to the Palestinian plight.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Mahmoud Darwish's (1964–2008) words still ring true today, nine years after his passing on August 9, 2008.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Commonly regarded as Palestine's national poet, Darwish is among the most celebrated figures of his country in modern times, having given the Palestinian resistance a poetic voice.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Born in Western Galilee, Darwish's home village was destroyed by the Israeli army, who then turned the area into a settlement of their own.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Said to have "given voice to the Palestinian dreams of statehood" and "helped to forge a Palestinian national identity," Darwish crafted the 1988 Declaration of Independence, which called for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He also took part in the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO,) from which he quit, following the 1993-1994 Oslo Accords.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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For his literary work, which has been translated into some 20 languages, and activism, he has won several international awards, including the 1983 Lenin Peace Prize, the $350,000 Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom in 2001, and the 2004 Prince Claus Fund.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Years after his death, Darwish lives on through his words.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2017-08-13 20:05:00","content_date_finish":"2017-08-13 20:05:00","content_date_register":"2017-08-13 20:08:25","content_date_last_edit":"2017-09-15 12:07:39","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"2869017622","attach_date_register":"2017-08-13 20:08:14","attach_id":"406443","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"612","attach_img_height":"349","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"1429","visit_date_last":"2024-04-11 17:00:19","attach_title":"9 years after his death, Mahmoud Darwish lives on through his words 2","node_title":"Culture-Art","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":124, \"left\":5, \"right\":6}]"}]]