Ramallah, Palestinian Territories
The coffin of Mahmoud Darwish is carried during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah
The coffin of Mahmoud Darwish is carried during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah August 13, 2008. Palestinians gave their national poet Darwish what amounted to a state funeral in Ramallah on Wednesday, mourning a man whose work voiced their sense of loss, exile and defiance. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK)