Mourid Barghouti

Mourid Barghouti|thumb|right Mourid Barghouti (Arabic: مريد البرغوثي; July 1944 – 14 February 2021) was a Palestinian poet and writer. Quotes In my despair I remember; that there is life after death ... But I ask: Oh my God, is there life before death? As quoted in Imagining Palestine: On Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani and the Language of Exile (2021) by Ramzy Baroud For an exile, the habitual place and status of a person is lost. One who is known becomes anonymous, one who is generous has to watch what he spends, one who is merry gazes in silence. I Saw Ramallah, translation of Ahdaf Soueif The homeland does not leave the body until the last moment, the moment of death.

The fish,
Even in the fisherman's net,
Still carriesThe smell of the sea. I Saw Ramallah, translation of Ahdaf Soueif When we were Palestine, we were not afraid of the Jews. We did not hate them, we did not make an enemy of them. Europe of the Middle Ages hated them, but not us. Ferdinand and Isabella hated them, but not us. Hitler hated them, but not us. As quoted in Imagining Palestine: On Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani and the Language of Exile (2021) by Ramzy Baroud Quotes about Barghouti did not engage in ineffectual discussions about the rightful owners of Palestine "because we did not lose Palestine to a debate, we lost it to force." Ramzy Baroud, Imagining Palestine: On Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani and the Language of Exile (2021) External links Category:1944 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Poets from Palestine