Palestine as Metaphor Halal set against the backdrop of

set against the backdrop of the Umayyad Masjid of Damascus

Idrees can’t wait to try them out…until he finds out they aren’t new at all

But his friends at school think he has cracked the joke of the century

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages

they'll have to do some exploring of their own

Palestine as Metaphor Halal set against the backdrop ofPalestine as Metaphor consists of a series of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, which have never appeared in English before. The interviews are a wealth of information on the poets personal life, his relationships, his numerous works, and his tragedy. They illuminate Darwishs conception of poetry as a supreme art that transcends time and place. Several writers and journalists conducted the interviews, including a Lebanese poet, a Syrian literary