Najwan Darwish

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Najwan Darwish is one of the foremost contemporary Arab poets. His second major collection in English translation, Exhausted on the Cross, was published by NYRB Poets in 2021, with a Foreword by Raúl Zurita. Darwish lives between Haifa and his birthplace, Jerusalem.

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