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 young Jewish-Israeli. The film reveals her intimate love letters in Hebrew, which she kept secret for decades. The affair ended when Tamar joined the army.

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 Portuguese readers not familiar with your work, will please tell us who is Ibtisam Mara’ana? I was was born in 1975 in Faradis [Paradise].

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 Darwish penned to Tamar Ben-Ami, the young Jewish woman he fell for when he was 22.

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 for when he was 22.

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 posts, is the pseudonym Darwish...

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 young Jewish-Israeli. He sends her intimate love letters in Hebrew which she keeps secret for decades. The affair ends when Tamar joins the army.

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 Ami, with whom he lived in Haifa. Their relationship was the subject of the documentary film “Write Down, I am an Arab.”

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 Arab citizens were until 1966) in Haifa, she studying in Jerusalem – Darwish documented his feelings for her in a series of letters.

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, much like the words of Darwish’s poetry, transcends borders, politics, and religion.