Quote of the day
All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.
Mahmoud Darwish
Born: March 13, 1941
Died: August 9, 2008 (aged 67)
Bio: Mahmoud Darwish 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.
Known for:
- Almond Blossoms and Beyond (2005)
- State of siege (2004)
- Unfortunately, It Was Paradise (2003)
- In the Presence of Absence (2006)
- If I Were Another: Poems