• A pet dog reacts while wearing a 'Voltes V' themed costume during a 'Pawshion Show' to mark World Animal Day in Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines 04 October 2023. A village in Marikina enjoined owners and animal lovers to play dress-up with their pets and participate in a fashion-show themed activity to entertain the community on World Animal Day and mark the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals in the Roman Catholic religion. EPA / ROLEX DELA PENA
    A pet dog reacts while wearing a 'Voltes V' themed costume during a 'Pawshion Show' to mark World Animal Day in Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines 04 October 2023. A village in Marikina enjoined owners and animal lovers to play dress-up with their pets and participate in a fashion-show themed activity to entertain the community on World Animal Day and mark the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals in the Roman Catholic religion. EPA / ROLEX DELA PENA
  • Ethnic Armenians in Moscow as tensions escalate with the ex-Soviet country's traditional ally Russia over Nagorno-Karabakh. AFP
    Ethnic Armenians in Moscow as tensions escalate with the ex-Soviet country's traditional ally Russia over Nagorno-Karabakh. AFP
  • The elected grass-roots representatives of remote communities in Central Australia posing at Uluru, after their council meeting to vote 'Yes' to a voice in parliament. AFP
    The elected grass-roots representatives of remote communities in Central Australia posing at Uluru, after their council meeting to vote 'Yes' to a voice in parliament. AFP
  • Chilean fencer Analia Fernandez holds her son before training in Santiago for the Pan American Games. AFP
    Chilean fencer Analia Fernandez holds her son before training in Santiago for the Pan American Games. AFP
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    St Peter's Basilica before holy mass at St Peter's Square in The Vatican. AFP
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    Action from the Africa Wrestling Association Nights of Champions in Cape Town. AFP
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    The ceiling of Cologne Central Mosque on Open Mosque Day in Germany. EPA
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    Protesters demonstrate in Accra, demanding the resignation of the Bank of Ghana's governor Dr Ernest Addison and his two deputies. AP
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    The aftermath of a bus crash near Venice. Reuters
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    Kevin McCarthy is no longer Speaker of the House after a vote of 216-210 ended his tenure, at the US Capitol in Washington. Reuters
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    Posing for a portrait in Linden, Tennessee. Reuters
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    President Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspects a Leopard 2 tank as he visits troops on the front line at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Reuters
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    Lyu Ping takes a punch in the men's 51-57kg semi-final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. AP

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October 04, 2023

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Some of Darwish's last words

"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008

His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.

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Updated: October 04, 2023, 2:49 PM