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Mahmoud Darwish: She’s not a symbol

“Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my mother is a symbol for Palestine. But I write as a poet, and my mother is my mother. She’s not a symbol.”

—Mahmoud Darwish.


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