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[6]: 19 According to Elias Khoury, Mahmoud Darwish told Leila Shahid the story of the poem, confirming that it was about Darwish's friend Sand. [2] Elias Sanbar was also surprised to discover the soldier of the poem's identity when he participated with Sand in a conversation about peace on a French television channel. [3]
Write Down, I Am an Arab is a personal and social portrait of the poet and national myth, Mahmoud Darwish. Through his poetry, secret love letters, and exclusive archival materials, Mara'ana unearths the story behind the man who became the mouthpiece of the Palestinian people.
The Mahmoud Darwish Foundation was established on 4 October 2008 as a Palestinian non-profit foundation that "seeks to safeguard Mahmoud Darwish's cultural, literary and intellectual legacy." [ 64 ] The foundation administers the annual Mahmoud Darwish Award for Creativity granted to intellectuals from Palestine and elsewhere.
One of his prose poems was about the events occurred on 6 June 1982 when Israel invaded Lebanon and was featured in the magazine in 1986. [8] Edward Said was a regular contributor of the magazine, and through his literary critics Said became known in the Arab world. [9] Said's contributions also made Mahmoud Darwish's poems much more eminent. [9]
On 5 October 2008 Ex Tempore hosted the Mahmoud Darwish memorial lecture, during which poems of the recently deceased Palestinian poet were read out in Arabic, and in English and French translation. [citation needed] On 23 January 2009 the magazine hosted the traditional salon, attended by 52 people.
Memory for Forgetfulness (Arabic: Dhakirah li-al-nisyan) is a 1987 prose poem by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. The work is a memoir of the Siege of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War and the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It was translated into English in 1995 by Ibrahim Muhawi, and into Hebrew by Salman Masalha.