In 1964 his defiant poem, "Write Down, I Am an Arab", landed him in prison and turned him into an icon of the Arab world. At the same time, he met and fell in love with Tamar Ben-Ami, a …

Jun 21, 2014 · Pictured here, Mahmoud Darwish embraces his Jewish girlfriend Tamar Ben Ami. The love story ended with the 1967 war and the Israeli occupation of Palestine. For …

Jun 4, 2014 · “Write Down, I Am an Arab,” which premiered at Tel Aviv’s DocAviv film festival last month, where it won the Audience Award, features the never-seen-before Hebrew love letters …

Jun 5, 2014 · The new film "Write Down, I Am an Arab" promises to tell the story of Mahmoud Darwish's love affair with Tamar Ben-Ami, the young Jewish woman the poet apparently fell …

Jan 9, 2023 · Mahmoud Darwish did not date a Mossad agent. He did, however, in the 1960s, date a Jewish woman named Tamar Ben-Ami. The name Rita, which is often cited in these …

Jul 10, 2015 · As young political activists on the fringes often do, Darwish met Tamar Ben Ami in the early 1960s at a political rally — this one for the Communist Party in Israel.

In 1964 his defiant poem, “Write Down, I am an Arab”, lands him in prison and turns him into an icon of the Arab world. At the same time, he meets and falls in love with Tamar Ben-Ami, a …

Dec 12, 2018 · The “Rita” character who appears throughout his work, most notably in his poem “Rita and the Rifle,” was actually written for Darwish’s long-time Jewish girlfriend Tamar Ben …

Darwish met Tamar Ben Ami in the early 1960s at a political rally – this one for the Communist party in Israel. Frequently separated geographically – he under military administration (as all …

Apr 25, 2014 · Another notable thread features Darwish’s past Jewish-Israeli lover Tamar Ben-Ami. Tamar tells of their passionate forbidden romance and her story highlights how love, …