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For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity.

Mahmoud Darwish

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Mahmoud Darwish
Age: 67 †
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
Author
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Al-Birweh
M. Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish
Israel
Identity
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Arabs
Nationality
Tension

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