Mahmoud Darwish: The Poet's Art and His Nation, Hardcover/Khaled Mattawa

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In Mahmoud Darwish: The Poet s Art and His Nation, Mattawa pays tribute to one of the most celebrated and well-read poets of our era. With detailed knowledge of Arabic verse and a firm grounding in Palestinian history, Mattawa explores the ways in which Darwish s aesthetics have played a crucial role in shaping and maintaining Palestinian identity and culture through decades of warfare, attrition, exile, and land confiscation. Mattawa chronicles the evolution of his poetry, from a young poet igniting resistance in occupied land to his decades in exile where his work grew in ambition and scope. In doing so, Mattawa reveals Darwish s verse to be both rooted to its place of longing and to transcend place, as it reaches for the universal and the human.