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Reasons to Live – A Reconciliation with Mahmoud Darwish

Mai Serhan reflects on an encounter with the great Palestinian poet

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By Unseen Histories and Mai Serhan
December 18th, 2025
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Footnotes With thanks to The American University in Cairo Press

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