**Poetry from former national poet of Palestine, illustrated by original
drawings by John Berger
**
Mahmoud Darwish was the Palestinian national poet. One of the greatest
poets of the last half century, his work evokes the loss of his homeland
and is suffused with the pain of dispossession and exile. His poems
display a brilliant acuity, a passion for and openness to the world and,
above all, a deep and abiding humanity. Here, his close friends John
Berger and Rema Hammami present a beautiful new translation of two of
Darwish's later works. Illustrated with original drawings by John
Berger, Mural is a testimony to one of the most important and powerful
poets of our age.