"What is a homeland? It is a place that enables people to blossom, and not a place in which people serve the flag. In my poem, Cease-fire with the Mongolians, I say that I am going to make socks out of the flag. My life's work is not on behalf of a flag."
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This wording found in Mahmoud Darwish: Literature and the Politics of Palestinian Identity (2016) by Muna Abu Eid
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Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish (13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was widely regarded as Palestine's national poet.
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