Mahmoud Darwish Indicts Modern Arab Poets by Nancy Linthicum.

In August 2005, prominent Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish made controversial comments about the state of modern Arab poetry, criticizing a movement of which he is a part. Nancy Linthicum records his comments and the ensuing criticism and support these comments received in the Arab world. However, “[d]espite the criticisms of Darwish’s statements, his words are likely to do more good than harm for Arab literature,” in light of the weak tradition of literar

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