Mahmoud Darwish
Birthday: 1941-03-13
Place of Birth: Al-Birwa, Mandatory Palestine
Biography: Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile.
Movies
Palestinian Identity
In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon and occupied its capital, Beirut. The film is a rare example of a PL...
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Mahmoud Darwish: As the Land Is the Language
Accompanying from a place to another the poet who spent years in exile far from his native land of a...
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Notre Musique
A three-chapter (Hell, Purgatory and Paradise) meditation on the city of Sarajevo in the wake of the...
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Write Down, I Am an Arab
"Write Down, I am an Arab" tells the story of Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian national poet and one...
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All About Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet....
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Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams
Algerian director Hamid Benamra turns his focus to Mustapha Boutadjine, a charming, mercurial collag...
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Os Mortos Resistirão Para Sempre
Cinepoem about the current Palestinian tragedy, with Brazilian films from 1922 and 1932 (the indigen...
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The Best Spectator of the historic play on earth
Henri Laborit's thoughts taken from Alain Resnais, Jean-Luc Godard shooting Notre musique, a song by...
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