These are some various photos of Mahmoud Darwish during different stages and events in his life.

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Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has taken his last trip to his home country Palestine this morning.
Darwish was transported from the states to the Jordanian capitol Amman this morning.
A funeral service was held for him at Marka Airport with the presence of hundreds of VIP's and personalities.
After the service, he was transported to a military helicopter that flew him to Ramallah, his final resting place.
A funeral ceremony is currently underway in Ramallah, tens of thousands of people are awaiting to walk in his funeral procession to see him laid to rest on top of a hill overlooking Jerusalem.
During the ceremony, President Mahmoud Abbas will deliver a speech, followed by one by Darwish's family and then a speech by renowned Palestinian poet Samih Al Qasim.

The world lost one of it's greatest poets ... Mahmoud Darwish passed away at around 7 pm GMT yesterday after suffering complications from open heart surgery.
Through-out 48 years, his works have been translated into more than 20 languages and thus this isn't a loss for the Palestinian people only, but for all peace-loving and freedom-loving people around the world.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared three days of mourning to honor Darwish.

If you're not familiar with Darwish, you've missed out on a lot!
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If you can get your hands on his poetry, then that's when you'll realize why he'll be missed and why his presence in the world was very much appreciated.

Rest in Peace ... you will be missed.

A few hours ago, Al-Jazeera announced that famous Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish had passed away at 67 after undergoing open heart surgery in the US.
But, according to our own sources, which are close to Darwish, he is in critical condition. He is weak but he is still alive. So, the news of his death is still a rumor.
He underwent open heart surgery in Houston, Texas a couple of days ago. Although the surgery was successful, he did suffer complications and slipped into a coma.
This isn't his first heart surgery; he underwent two others back in 1984 and 1998.
After his successful 98' surgery, he got inspired to write a famous poem entitled 'Al-Jidariah' in which he says:

The story is still developing and we'll be updating it as it happens.