Showing posts with label Mahmoud Darwish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mahmoud Darwish. Show all posts

Sunday, August 17, 2008

IN MEMORIAM - MAHMOUD DARWISH

IN MEMORIAM - MAHMOUD DARWISH:

"A tribute to honour the memory of Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian National Poet. Created by Sonja Karkar for Women for Palestine and Australians for Palestine using music and lyrics written and performed by Rima Nasir Tarazi and sung by Tania Tamari Nasir from their album 'Until When - Songs from Palestine', calligraphy by Josh Berer, 'A Nomad out of Time' and paintings by Ismail Shammout, Dora McPhee and Nasri Zacharia."
The translation appears in small letters on the screen, use full screen mode.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Riz Khan- the legacy of Mahmoud Darwish- 12 Aug 08- Part 1

Riz Khan- the legacy of Mahmoud Darwish- 12 Aug 08- Part 1:

"Mahmoud Darwish composed his first poem at the age of 12, going on to publish more than 20 volumes of poetry throughout his lifetime, penning verse that became embedded into the Palestinian consciousness. He lived a life of resistance, jailed several times by the Israelis."



part 2

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08

Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08:

"Mahmoud Darwish, The award-winning Palestinian poet, has died aged 67, after heart surgery in a Texas hospital.

Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland takes a look at a man who widely loved man by Palestinians and poetry-lovers alike."