The Mahmoud Darwish Museum is located on one of the hills in Ramallah, Palestine

Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was an award-winning Palestinian author and poet. His literature, particularly his poetry, created a sense of Palestinian identity and was used to resist the occupation of his homeland.

I am old


Give me back the stars of childhood


That I may chart the homeward quest


Back with the migrant birds,


Back to your awaiting nest.

Excerpt from his poem ‘To My Mother’,translated by A.Z. Forman.

Source: https://www.palestineadvocacyproject.org/poetry-campaign/to-my-mother/