Palestinian Poetry

Palestinian poetry, with its intricate layers and emotional intensity, bursts forth as a tapestry of defiance, longing, and cultural pride. It oscillates between the tumult of displacement and the serene echoes of ancestral heritage. Rich in metaphors and imagery, it grapples with themes of resistance, exile, and identity, creating a mosaic of personal and collective struggles. Each verse serves as both a lament and a testament, reflecting the resilience and hope that persist amid enduring adversity and historical turmoil.

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Identity Card

by Mahmoud Darwish

‘Identity Card’ by Mahmoud Darwish reckons passionately and angrily with the realities of Palestinian displacement and their oppressive treatment.

Darwish is a Palestinian resistance poet who spent his life writing and advocating for the liberation of his people and homeland. He has been praised as being an important voice of the entire Palestinian diaspora, as well as a poignantly truthful communicator of what it means to be fragmented. Poems like this one reveal the deep-seated frustration he held over the occupation of his native home.

Write down!

I am an Arab

And my identity card number is fifty thousand

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