Wa-ʿāda…fī kafan

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Wa-ʿāda…fī kafan

poem by Darwish

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place in Arabic literature

In Arabic literature: Elegy
“Wa-ʿāda…fī kafan” (1964; “And He Came Home…in a Shroud”), by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, is a modern example:
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