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A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare.
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish
Born: Mar 13, 1941
Died: Aug 9, 2008

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Oppression, Elsewhere, Several, Born, Only, He, Occupation, Prisons, However, Times, Person, Die, May, Place, Transformed, Homeland, Nightmare

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