Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes pe...
MAHMOUD DARWISH Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, ...
MAHMOUD DARWISH ثمة شيء ننساه في زحمة التسابق على حفظ الجُمل الثورية ال...
MAHMOUD DARWISH History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.
MAHMOUD DARWISH Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a bla...
MAHMOUD DARWISH The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates...
MAHMOUD DARWISH Nothing, nothing justifies terrorism.
MAHMOUD DARWISH أني اجدد يوما مضى لأحبك يوما و أمضي
MAHMOUD DARWISH هل نحن ما نصنع بالزمن أم نحن ما يصنع الزمن بنا؟
MAHMOUD DARWISH لم نفترق . لكننا لن نلتقي أَبداً
MAHMOUD DARWISH عام يذهب واخر ياتي وكل شيء فيك يزداد سوء يا وطني
MAHMOUD DARWISH فخذني كي أصبك
خمراً نهائياً لأشفي منك فيك ، وهات قل�...
MAHMOUD DARWISH A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles a...
MAHMOUD DARWISH I am from there. I am from here.
I am not there and I am not here.
I have two names, which...
MAHMOUD DARWISH I am here. Anything more than that is rumor and slander
MAHMOUD DARWISH ليس وطني دائما على حق ولكني لا استطيع ان امارس حقا حقيق�...
MAHMOUD DARWISH أنت لست لي .. ولكنّي أحبك .. ما زلت أحبك .. وحنيني إليك يقت�...
MAHMOUD DARWISH أَمُوْت اشْتِيَاقَا
أَمُوْت احْتِرَاقَا
وَشَنَق...
MAHMOUD DARWISH إنا نحب الورد لكنا نحب الخبز أكثر
ونحب عطر الورد لكن ...
MAHMOUD DARWISH مقهى، وأنت مع الجريدة جالسٌ
في الركن منسيّا، فلا أحد...
MAHMOUD DARWISH اّه ياجرحي المكابر
وطني ليس حقيبة
وأنا لست مسافر ...
MAHMOUD DARWISH فان الموت يعشق فجأة، مثلي

وإن الموت، مثلي، لا يحب...
MAHMOUD DARWISH و كن من أنتَ حيث تكون
و احمل عبءَ قلبِكَ وحدهُ
MAHMOUD DARWISH والآن أشهد أن حضورك موت
وأن غيابك موتان
والآن أمش�...
MAHMOUD DARWISH أمر باسمك إذ أخلو إلى نفسي
كما يمر دمشقي بأندلس
MAHMOUD DARWISH والآن أشهد أن حضورك موت
وأن غيابك موتان
MAHMOUD DARWISH :وأَمَرْتُ قلبي بالتريّث:

كُنْ حياديّاً كأنَّكَ �...
MAHMOUD DARWISH انا العاشق السيء الحظ, لا استطيع الذهاب اليك ولا استطيع...
MAHMOUD DARWISH في بيت أُمي صُورَتي ترنو إليّ ولا تكفُّ عن السؤال: أَأَ�...
MAHMOUD DARWISH وسأقطع هذا الطريق إلى آخري... وإلى آخِرِهْ!
MAHMOUD DARWISH هذا الوطن الصغير، كقبضة اليد، الواسع مثل كتاب الأبد. هذ...
MAHMOUD DARWISH ليس وطني دائماً على حق. ولكنني لا استطيع ان امارس حقاً ح...
MAHMOUD DARWISH A poem exists only in the relation between poet and reader. And I'm in need of my readers, except th...
MAHMOUD DARWISH To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
MAHMOUD DARWISH في داخلي شُرْفَةٌ
لا يَمُرُّ بها أَحَدٌ للتَّحيَّة.
MAHMOUD DARWISH و بى أملٌ
يأتى ويذهب ، لكن لن أُوَدعه
MAHMOUD DARWISH Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third.
MAHMOUD DARWISH Palestinian people are in love with life.
MAHMOUD DARWISH هي وَحْدها، وأَنا أمامَ جَمَالها
وحدي. لماذا لا تًو�...
MAHMOUD DARWISH القليل منك... كالكثير من كل شيء !
MAHMOUD DARWISH لم نعد قادرين على اليأس أكثر مما يئسنا
MAHMOUD DARWISH هل يستحق أنوثتي أحدٌ سواي ؟
MAHMOUD DARWISH أحن إلى خبز أمي
وقهوة أمي ..
ولمسة أمي ..
وتكبُر �...
MAHMOUD DARWISH والآن وإذ تصحو تذكر: هل أسأت إلى منامك؟
إن أسأت إذاً �...
MAHMOUD DARWISH إنَّ الموت يعشق فجأة ، مثلي ،
وإنَّ الموتَ ، مثلي ، ل�...
MAHMOUD DARWISH يا اسمي: أين نحن الآن؟ قل: ما الآن، ما الغدُ؟ ما الزمانُ ...
MAHMOUD DARWISH مرّ القطارُ سريعًا
مرّ بي
وأنا مثلَ المحطّةِ
ل�...
MAHMOUD DARWISH فالقهوة هي القراءةُ العلنية لكتاب النفس المفتوح .. والس...
MAHMOUD DARWISH رُزقتُ مع الخبز حبك
ولا شأن لي بمصيري
ما دام قُربك
MAHMOUD DARWISH لم تأتِ. قلتُ: ولن .. إذاً
سأعيد ترتيب المساء بما يليق ...
MAHMOUD DARWISH الموت لا يوجع .. الموتى
الموت يوجع .. الأحياء...!
MAHMOUD DARWISH تُنسى كأنك لم تكن

تنسى كمصرع طائر

ككنيسة مه...
MAHMOUD DARWISH فبعضي لديّ وبعضي لديك .. وبعضي مُشتاق لبعضي .. فهلّا أتيت...
MAHMOUD DARWISH وأنتم ماذا فعلتم بأرضكم؟ اسأل ماذا فعلت بنا الأرض؟ قتل�...
MAHMOUD DARWISH إن من سلبك كل شيء لن يعطيك أي شيء. ولو أعطاك أهانك
MAHMOUD DARWISH Both have understood what is at stake ... The Nasdaq move has completely changed the landscape in Eu...
ELIE DARWISH [We learn] from heartbreak that love is not for idealists, but realists; it should always be passion...
OPHéLIA DARWISH Aurélie had learned from heartbreak that love is not for idealists, but realists; it should always ...
OPHéLIA DARWISH There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able t...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We differ on several issues. And this may include settlement, the release of prisoners, the wall clo...
MAHMOUD ABBAS No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
MAHMOUD ABBAS Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil an...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.
MAHMOUD ABBAS It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave.
MAHMOUD ABBAS We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Pales...
MAHMOUD ABBAS Here, I declare that the Palestine Liberation Organization is ready to return immediately to the neg...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis a...
MAHMOUD ABBAS And also I assert our interest in respecting all our obligations and implementing all our commitment...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty an...
MAHMOUD ABBAS The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the n...
MAHMOUD ABBAS I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colon...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than b...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that au...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
MAHMOUD ABBAS Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homel...
MAHMOUD ABBAS The PLO and the Palestinian people adhere to the renouncement of violence and rejection and condemni...
MAHMOUD ABBAS The establishment of Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitima...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We've never been anti-Semitic.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Settling these differences is not an easy matter and it cannot be done quickly.
MAHMOUD OTHMAN The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD The Zionists are very much, very adventuresome, very much seeking to fabricate things, and I think t...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD I think every Palestinian now has his passport ready in his pocket,
MAHMOUD ABBAS Of course what is talked about in the U.N. General Assembly is very important. Officials, the leader...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD I renew the pledge to continue on the path that he started and exert whatever efforts are needed to ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS I renew the pledge to continue on the path that he started and exert whatever efforts are needed to ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS He could have gone back to Saudi Arabia, but he's a madman, he wanted to prove that he's the hero.
MUSTAFA MAHMOUD We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the funda...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD There are lands in eastern and northern Gaza still under occupation, ... There are differences and a...
MAHMOUD ABBAS The movement declares an end to its operations from the Gaza Strip against the Israeli occupation, w...
MAHMOUD ZAHAR Iran is ready to transfer nuclear know-how to the Islamic countries due to their need.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We thank God that our enemies are idiots.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD When this hurricane occurred we were all were extremely sad,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We think the era of utilization of force and pressure in international relations has ended. Today, t...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD I don't know why some countries do not want to understand the fact that the Iranian people do not to...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Repub...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical mon...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of it...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD This action is foreign to the traditions of the Palestinian people. We will not allow anyone to dama...
MAHMOUD ABBAS Iran is ready to transfer nuclear know-how to the Islamic countries due to their need,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Powerful Iran is the best friend of the neighboring states and the best guarantor of regional securi...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD How can you prove you are not a bad person? You can't prove that.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We believe that atomic energy is a blessing given by God,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury, (while) any (Islam...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD I wish to underline our deep dismay that over 50 Islamic countries encompassing more than one-point-...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD All nations should be allowed to use different kinds of energies, including nuclear.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD lead in promotion of spirituality and compassion for humanity.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We have firmly decided to use this technology for peaceful purposes within the framework of the Non-...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD This is a step forward, but this means that others are to produce the fuel and sell it to us to use ...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We believe that we should not give up to bullying in international relations.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD possible practical measures and strategies for complete disarmament.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We're not going to cave in to the excessive demands of certain powers,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD I thanked South Africa. They can potentially be a negotiating partner,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD They are talking about the modalities of them doing enrichment. We are talking about them not doing ...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD their intentions are bad intentions, their intentions towards us are bad.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Of course, they will use watever they have in their hand, which is the U.N. Security Council, and ou...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD the peaceful use of nuclear energy without a fuel cycle is an empty proposition.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We are very suspicious about the role of British forces in perpetrating such terrorist acts,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD The Iranian nation expects the French government to make good on the damage inflicted on Tehran-Pari...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Why should Iran withdraw from its inalienable right? According to which law should we beg Europe for...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD a blessing given by God.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Our religion prohibits us from having nuclear arms and our religious leader has prohibited it from t...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD One of these things is that we will have access to the nuclear supply process.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Arrogant powers are intended to make local and national economy of other states bankrupt to make mor...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD more resolute and logical than ever before.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD They say Iran has to stop its peaceful nuclear activity since there is a probability of diversion wh...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD [The roadblocks, imposed by Israel in response to deadly terror attacks,] unfortunately turned the l...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD From today we will not allow armed chaos, the taking of the law into individual hands, or attacks on...
MAHMOUD ABBAS Then they threw everything they could find out the window and set fire to the place.
MUSTAFA MAHMOUD Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We should not be with one side or the other, but somewhere in the middle.
MAHMOUD OTHMAN [Abbas laid the cornerstone for a new Arafat memorial, even as he acknowledged that his predecessor ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS Engineers were kept in the dark about their syndicate's budget. Services were lacking, and general a...
MUSTAFA MAHMOUD This sort of military propaganda will definitely give them (those seeking tougher action) more ammun...
MAHMOUD ALINEJAD Probably, they anticipate that down the line there will be a point that confrontation will be inevit...
MAHMOUD ALINEJAD His influence and popularity among the core constituency of the revolution and the government ... [h...
MAHMOUD ALINEJAD He is pursuing it (the anti-Israel line) because he doesn't really have any choice internally. Other...
MAHMOUD ALINEJAD These comments are not being made by accident. This is something he has deliberated and thought out.
MAHMOUD ALINEJAD There is a general agreement in the system that Iran can make trouble for the West in Iraq and Pales...
MAHMOUD ALINEJAD The pressure is growing inside the system to contain him and to pass these four years as quickly as ...
MAHMOUD ALINEJAD A popular, independent and developed Iraq will be the best friend of the Iranian nation,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD There is no doubt that the new wave (of attacks) in Palestine will wipe off this stigma (Israel) fro...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD If you are searching for the Holocaust, you will find the real Holocaust in Palestine.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Relying on our nation and armed forces, we will make the aggressor regret its actions,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We demand democracy, security, stability and termination of occupation in Iraq to provide the ground...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We follow the parliament and will definitely implement its bills,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD The war is history, the Iran-Iraq borders should turn into borders of peace and friendship,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD weak persons because they are new faces.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We believe that atomic energy is a blessing given by God, ... It's an opportunity. It is a clean ene...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD If Iran's case is sent to the Security Council, we will respond by many ways, for example by holding...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We will not allow the state of lawlessness, the disorder of weapons, taking law into one's hands, ki...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values o...
MAHMOUD ABBAS From here, from this place, our nation and our masses are walking toward the establishment of an ind...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We agreed in Cairo on a collective truce and the retaliation, therefore, should be collective, too, ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS There will be a procedure to present the government to parliament for discussion and approval.
MAHMOUD ABBAS This assassination will not undermine our efforts to impose law and public order.
MAHMOUD ABBAS All the officers, soldiers and security personnel are asked not to abide by these decisions and to c...
MAHMOUD ABBAS Prime Minister Ariel Sharon until now has not shown any readiness to sit together with the Palestini...
MAHMOUD ABBAS Our capital will be Jerusalem, and our state will not contain settlements.
MAHMOUD ABBAS The PA Interior Ministry is playing the role of the
MAHMOUD ABBAS A country, which possesses the biggest nuclear arsenal, embarks on proliferation of nuclear weapons ...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS The withdrawal of the [Israeli] army and settlers from the Gaza Strip does not signal the end of the...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We are trying to lead our people to a just peace and to security, and we want to pave the way for th...
MAHMOUD ABBAS Do you think I am happy to work like this? I want to earn some living to feed my children,
MAHMOUD ABBAS They don't like the idea of Iraq being described as federal, they prefer united, but I don't think t...
MAHMOUD OTHMAN The Iranian nation won't give a damn about such useless resolutions.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD We repeat our denunciation and renunciation of terrorism against the Israelis wherever they might be...
MAHMOUD ABBAS There is no point at the moment, it would be a useless step that would be destined to start a civil ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We will not hesitate to get into such a negotiation. The way to peace is to sit together at the nego...
MAHMOUD ABBAS We understand and we know that their (the Western powers') intentions are bad. All of our activities...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD When it's in your favor, you say 'voters.' When it's not in your favor you say 'eligible voters.'
MAHMOUD OTHMAN I think every Palestinian now has his passport ready in his pocket; let them come to cross at this t...
MAHMOUD ABBAS The Iranian government will pursue the nation's rights through patience and wisdom,
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD If we want a successful meeting, we should prepare for it, ... If this is done, then there is no obs...
MAHMOUD ABBAS an affront to the Iranian nation.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Iran is ready to transfer nuclear know-how to the Islamic countries due to their need.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD In case anyone intends to raise a pretext, they are just after seeking pretexts (to refer Iran's nuc...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD That made sense, but maybe in hindsight it doesn't look so clever.
MAHMOUD ABBAS What she said is not important. She is free to speak out.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD It is not good to have a constitution that would limit the liberties of people, the human rights, th...
MAHMOUD OTHMAN The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD They made this change because they were afraid the constitution would be rejected. But now it may be...
MAHMOUD OTHMAN deserve all of God's wrath.
MAHMOUD ABBAS We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear ...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD He wrote his opinions to try to find a compromise, so all sides are now studying it.
MAHMOUD OTHMAN guaranteed for everyone to participate.
MAHMOUD ABBAS It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD I think it's a double standard, and it's unfair.
MAHMOUD OTHMAN