By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for three days of mourning for Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.
Darwish died Saturday at the age of 67, following open heart surgery at a Houston hospital.
The poet gave voice to the Palestinian dreams of statehood and helped forge a Palestinian national identity.
After the announcement of his death late Saturday, dozens of Palestinians gathered in downtown Ramallah and lit memorial candles.
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