Comments on: For Mahmoud Darwish http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/ A Jordanian Blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: S N http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-123122 S N Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:01:06 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-123122 Who else would be such a poet who speaks in sarcasm straight in the face of the occupying enemy and order them to write down that he is an Arab; His ID card holds the number 50,000; He’s got eight children and a baby on the way! Where else can he be from other than that abandoned nameless village; Where all the vines and fields were confiscated; and people were left with nothing but rocks! How else would he look like; if not with dark hair and brown eyes? R. I. P. Mahmoud Darwish; and let history record on the header of its front page that you’re an Arab! such a loss! Who else would be such a poet who speaks in sarcasm straight in the face of the occupying enemy and order them to write down that he is an Arab; His ID card holds the number 50,000; He’s got eight children and a baby on the way!

Where else can he be from other than that abandoned nameless village;
Where all the vines and fields were confiscated; and people were left with nothing but rocks!

How else would he look like; if not with dark hair and brown eyes?

R. I. P. Mahmoud Darwish; and let history record on the header of its front page that you’re an Arab!

such a loss!

]]> By: Amer http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-123061 Amer Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:42 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-123061 In that poem, is his "murderer" on his side or the opposing side? It has a confusing mixture of togetherness and separation, and his tone at the end can meant "I understand and cherish this last connection with a human being" or "I will haunt you for doing this". Any ideas? In that poem, is his “murderer” on his side or the opposing side?

It has a confusing mixture of togetherness and separation, and his tone at the end can meant “I understand and cherish this last connection with a human being” or “I will haunt you for doing this”.

Any ideas?

]]> By: Jordanian Bloggers Mourn Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish : 7iber Dot Com http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-123033 Jordanian Bloggers Mourn Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish : 7iber Dot Com Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:46:53 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-123033 [...] bloggers have chosen to mourn Darwish by posting various pieces of his poetry in both Arabic and English, for all to read, eulogizing the famous poet with his very own [...] […] bloggers have chosen to mourn Darwish by posting various pieces of his poetry in both Arabic and English, for all to read, eulogizing the famous poet with his very own […]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Jordanian Bloggers Mourn Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-123030 Global Voices Online » Jordanian Bloggers Mourn Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:31:37 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-123030 [...] bloggers have chosen to mourn Darwish by posting various pieces of his poetry in both Arabic and English, for all to read, eulogizing the famous poet with his very own [...] […] bloggers have chosen to mourn Darwish by posting various pieces of his poetry in both Arabic and English, for all to read, eulogizing the famous poet with his very own […]

]]> By: Samer Marzouq http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-122991 Samer Marzouq Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:23:33 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-122991 Rest in peace Mahmoud Darwish, rest in peace Rest in peace Mahmoud Darwish, rest in peace

]]> By: Deena http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-122987 Deena Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:46:03 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-122987 Allah yir7amo... it's a sad day indeed. It's even sadder that his legacy, his poetry, speak a story of ocupation, of pain .... his pen never got to write about liberation. Allah yir7amo… it’s a sad day indeed. It’s even sadder that his legacy, his poetry, speak a story of ocupation, of pain …. his pen never got to write about liberation.

]]> By: Iman http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-122973 Iman Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:43:38 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/08/09/for-mahmoud-darwish/#comment-122973 Truly, a loss :( At least I got the chance to see and hear him live back in June in what was to be his last poetry reading - @ Ramallah's Cultural Palace. Ramallah awaits his return now as arrangements are being made to bring his body back to be buried in Palestine's soil :( Rest in Peace Truly, a loss :(

At least I got the chance to see and hear him live back in June in what was to be his last poetry reading - @ Ramallah’s Cultural Palace. Ramallah awaits his return now as arrangements are being made to bring his body back to be buried in Palestine’s soil :(

Rest in Peace

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