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Palestinian poet passes away
The celebrated Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti has died at the age of 77. Born in a village near Ramallah four years before the state of Israel was created, he spent much of his life in exile. He recounted his experiences in the memoir
HeadlineFeb 17, 2021
Renowned Palestinian author and poet Mourid Barghouti died Sunday at the age of 76 in Amman, Jordan. Barghouti spent most of his life in exile, writing about his Palestinian homeland and the Israeli occupation. He married acclaimed Egyptian writer Radwa Ashour, who died in 2014. In his autobiographical novel “I Saw Ramallah,” in which he returns to his Palestinian hometown after an absence of 30 years, Barghouti writes, “The calm of the place of exile and its wish-for safety is never completely realized. The homeland does not leave the body until the last moment, the moment of death.”
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Mourid Barghouti in Our Hearts: The Poet Passes Away at 76 Published February 17th, 2021 - 10:32 GMT
Mourid Barghouti and family (twitter)
Mourid Barghouti is a renowned Palestinian poet who passed away on Sunday, February 14, at the age of 76, in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Born in the Palestinian village of Deir Ghassanah, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, on July 9, 1944, Barghouti spent most of his life in exile.
The legacy that Barghouti left behind is extremely rich, not only because he was one of the most articulate defenders of the Palestinian cause, but because his writing has encapsulated the collective agony and sumoud, steadfastness, of the Palestinian people everywhere.
Abu Dhabi: Iconic Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti, a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, died on Sunday at the age of 76, his family said.
On his official Facebook page, his son, the poet Tamim Al Barghouti, mourned his father Mourid by posting a black picture with his name.
Barghouti, who was known for being a strong advocate for the Palestinian cause, was bornin 1944 in the mountainous village of Deir Ghassanah, west of the River Jordan in Palestine.
The cluster of villages was dominated by the Barghouti clan of politicians, poets and landowners. His father worked the land, then joined the Jordanian army. Aged four, when the state of Israel was declared, Barghouti learned of the Palestinian nakbah, or catastrophe, as non-Barghoutis with different dialects appeared in his village.