Mahmoud Darwish
Poet of Palestinian resistance and Communist
1941-2008
Write down!
I am an Arab
You have stolen the orchards of my ancestors
And the land which I cultivated
Along with my children
And you left nothing for us
Except for these rocks ...
So will the State take them
As it has been said?!
Poetry
Identity Card, 1964
The Passport, 1964
Victim Number 18, 1980
A State of Siege, 2002
Prose
The Palestinian Chalk Circle, 1971