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Young Mahmoud Darwish, (Palestinian poet and writer)

محمود درويش في شبابه، شاعر القضية الفلسطينية

His Life:

Mahmoud Darwish was born in "Al Birweh" Palestine (1941), During the establishment of the State of "Israel" in (1948), his village was destroyed and his family fled to Lebanon. As a young man, Darwish faced house arrest and imprisonment for his political activism and for publicly reading his poetry. - Darwish published his first work of poetry "Wingless Birds" in (1964), when he was 19.

His Poems:

I am from there, I am from here. I am not there, and I am not here. I have two names, which meet and part. And I have two languages, I forget which

We love life if we find a way to it. And we plant, where we settle, some fast growing plants, and harvest the dead. We play the flute like the color of the faraway, sketch over the dirt corridor a neigh. We write our names one stone at a time, O lightning brighten the night. We love life if we find a way to it…

If the canary doesn't sing to you my friend know that you are the warden of your prison

- Translated by Fady Joudah

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Which Controversial food/beverage do you actually love?

Sparkling water

Turkish delight

Marmite

Marzipan

Blue cheese

Black pudding

Eels

Olives

Oysters

More than one

Something else

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Voting ended onOct 11, 2023

No, pineapple pizza isn’t on here. It gets too much publicity and I’m bored of it. Pick one of the other ones. (If it’s more than one thing or something else feel free to put in tags)

#marzipan eel and oysters are all delicious!!#never been a fan of blue cheese or olives #sparkling water is just meh #havent tried turkish delights or black pudding but im open to it #I've not had marmite but i didn't like vegemite when i had it