Mahmoud Darwish, Poet
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who voiced the hearts and minds of the Palestinian nation through poetry, passed away August 9, 2008 at the age of 67. Darwish had undergone open heart surgery at a Houston hospital on Wednesday. His prose described the Palestinian struggle for independence and was revered for its articulate way of putting the pain, frustration and desires of the Palestinian people into words.