Ramallah, Palestinian Territories
Members of Palestinian honour guard carry coffin of late Palestinian poet Darwish in Ramallah
Members of a Palestinian honour guard carry the coffin of late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish 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)