• A Palestinian waiter dressed as Santa Claus holds a child for a photograph in a beach-side restaurant in Gaza City. AP Photo
    A Palestinian waiter dressed as Santa Claus holds a child for a photograph in a beach-side restaurant in Gaza City. AP Photo
  • Mohammad, an Iranian street performer, is reflected in a mirror as he applies make-up to resemble the comic character Joker, amid the coronavirus disease (outbreak, in Tehran, Iran. Reuters
    Mohammad, an Iranian street performer, is reflected in a mirror as he applies make-up to resemble the comic character Joker, amid the coronavirus disease (outbreak, in Tehran, Iran. Reuters
  • People watch the sunset at a beach in Gaza City. EPA
    People watch the sunset at a beach in Gaza City. EPA
  • Ethiopian Arrafu Mbaye, 70-year-old who fled the Tigray conflict, burns wood to cook at the Um Raquba refugee camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref state. AFP
    Ethiopian Arrafu Mbaye, 70-year-old who fled the Tigray conflict, burns wood to cook at the Um Raquba refugee camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref state. AFP
  • A Lebanese child dressed in a Santa Claus outfit holds a balloon at a Christmas market in the capital Beirut's downtown district. AFP
    A Lebanese child dressed in a Santa Claus outfit holds a balloon at a Christmas market in the capital Beirut's downtown district. AFP
  • Syrians wait to leave the Kurdish-run Al Hol camp which holds relatives of alleged ISIS fighters, in the Syrian northeastern Al Hasakeh governorate. AFP
    Syrians wait to leave the Kurdish-run Al Hol camp which holds relatives of alleged ISIS fighters, in the Syrian northeastern Al Hasakeh governorate. AFP
  • A Yemeni worker prepares bread for sale at a bakery in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    A Yemeni worker prepares bread for sale at a bakery in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • A general view of Herodion hilltop built by King Herod between 23 and 15 BCE at the Herodium or Herodion National Park located in the Judaean Desert, southeast of Bethlehem, West Bank. EPA
    A general view of Herodion hilltop built by King Herod between 23 and 15 BCE at the Herodium or Herodion National Park located in the Judaean Desert, southeast of Bethlehem, West Bank. EPA
  • A man walks in an empty pedestrian street in the old town of Nicosia after Cyprus government closed cafes and restaurants. REUTERS
    A man walks in an empty pedestrian street in the old town of Nicosia after Cyprus government closed cafes and restaurants. REUTERS

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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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