Unfortunately, it was paradise : selected poems / Mahmoud Darwish ; translated and edited by Munir Akash and Carolyn Forché ; (with Sinan Antoon and Amira El-Zein) ; with a new forword by Fady Joudah.

"Mahmoud Darwish is a literary rarity: at once critically acclaimed as one of the most important poets in the Arabic language, and beloved as the voice of his people. He is a living legend whose lyrics are sung by fieldworkers and schoolchildren. He has assimilated some of the world's olde...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Darwīsh, Maḥmūd (Author)
Other Authors:	ʻAkash, Munīr (Translator, Editor), Forché, Carolyn (Translator, Editor), Antoon, Sinan, 1967- (Translator, Editor), El-Zein, Amira (Translator, Editor)
Other title:	Poems. Selections. English.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English Arabic
Published:	Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Darwīsh, Maḥmūd > Translations into English. Paradise > Poetry. Poets, Palestinian Arab. Poetry, Modern > 20th century. Arabic poetry > 20th century. Darwīsh, Maḥmūd. Arabic poetry. Paradise. Poetry, Modern. Poetry. Translations.