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Unbeliever in the impossible:

The poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

By Robyn Creswell

Discussed in this essay:

Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982, by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Ibrahim Muhawi. University of California Press. 182 pages. $18.95 (paper).

Victims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry, by Adonis, Mahmoud Darwish, and Samih al-Qasim, translated by Abdullah al-Udhari. Saqi Books. 168 pages. $14.95 (paper).

The Adam of Two Edens, by Mahmoud Darwish, edited by Munir Akash and Daniel Moore, translated by Hussain Haddawi, Sinan Antoon, Sargon Boulos, Ferial Ghazoul, Clarissa Burt, Noel Abdulahad, Mona Asali van Engen, and Tahia Khaled Abdulnasser. Jusoor and Syracuse University Press. 203 pages. $19.95 (paper).

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, by Mahmoud Darwish, edited and translated by Munir Akash and Carolyn Forché with Sinan Antoon and Amira El-Zein. University of California Press. 191 pages. $19.95 (paper).

Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?, by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Jeffrey Sacks. Archipelago Books. 198 pages. $18 (paper).

The Butterfly’s Burden, by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Fady Joudah. Copper Canyon Press. 327 pages. $20 (paper).

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SEE ALSO: Udhari, Abdullah; Adunis; El-Zein, Amira; Caricatures and cartoons; Forché, Carolyn; Burt, Clarissa; Moore, Daniel; Joudah, Fady; Ghazoul, Ferial Jabouri; Haddawy, Husain; Muhawi, Ibrahim; Sacks, Jeffrey; Darwish, Mahmud; Memory for forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (Book); Engen, Mona; Akash, Munir; Abdulahad, Noel; Qasim, Samih; Boulos, Sargon; Antun, Sinan; Abdulnasser, Tahia Khaled; The Adam of two Edens (Book); The butterfly's burden (Book); Unfortunately, it was paradise (Book); Victims of a map: a bilingual anthology of Arabic poetry (Book); Why did you leave the horse alone? (Book)

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