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" Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room. "

Mahmoud Darwish

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" I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews. "

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" I see poetry as spiritual medicine. "

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" The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality. "

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" I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language. "

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" Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.' "

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