To Our Land By Mahmud Darwish

Mahmud Darwish is a Palestinian poet who lived during the time Palestine was given up to Israel and the Jews. He wrote many poems about Palestine's struggles and their hatred for the Jewish people. “To Our Land” speaks about the struggles the Palestinian people had when they were kicked out of their homes and forced to leave. He writes to his old home and old life.
He starts off by writing, “to our land, and it is the one near the word of God.” He is most likely talking about being near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where the Koran was created. He could also be talking about the Jewish bible which was created in his old land.
The next line says, “to our land, and it is the one far from the adjectives of nouns, the map of absence.” What he is trying to say here is that …show more content…
It says, “and our land, in its bloodied night, is a jewel that glimmers for the far upon the far and illuminates what’s outside it.” Even though there is blood shed, to the people outside it shines. The people who were kicked out yearn to have it back. It is like a fine jewel to those people.
But Mahmud concludes the poem by writing, “as for us inside, we suffocate more!” The people still living inside of their land, in the small sections they have left, are being suffocated. They are under control of a forfeit people, are given basically nothing, and are all treated like terrible people and terrorists. Life inside is almost worse than life outside.
“To Our Land” is a poem about the hardships of the Palestinian people, written from the perspective of someone who still lives inside of the land. It gives a view on what has changed and all the wrong things that have happened to their land. This poem gives great insight into what is feels like to be a Palestinian and how they feel. Not many people can truly sympathise with what they have to say, but this poem does help people know what they went