''Al Karmel'' was a literary magazine which existed between 1981 and 2008. The magazine is known for its founder and editor Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian writer. It was based in various cities during its run.

History and profile

''Al Karmel'' was established by Mahmoud Darwish in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1981. Darwish edited the magazine until his death. Its publisher was Al Karmel Cultural Foundation. Elias Khoury was the editor of the magazine between 1981 and 1982. Following the

Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establ ...

's departure from Beirut in 1982 the magazine's headquarters moved to

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, Cyprus, where it was printed until 1996. The associate editor of the magazine when it was headquartered in Nicosia was Salim Barakat, a Syrian writer. Next Darwish published the magazine in Paris. Then it was restarted in

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. Darwish published many poems in ''Al Karmel'', including

prose poems Prose poetry is poetry written in prose form instead of verse form, while preserving poetic qualities such as heightened imagery, parataxis, and emotional effects. Characteristics Prose poetry is written as prose, without the line breaks associ ...

. One of his prose poems was about the events occurred on 6 June 1982 when Israel

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Lebanon and was featured in the magazine in 1986. Edward Said was a regular contributor of the magazine, and through his literary critics Said became known in the Arab world. Said's contributions also made Mahmoud Darwish's poems much more eminent. Arab and Israeli writers contributed to the title in addition to international ones such as Russell Banks, J. M. Coetzee and José Saramago. The magazine featured short stories and essays written by the Palestinian writer Asia Shibli. The headquarters of ''Al Karmel'' in Ramallah was destroyed by the Israeli army in April 2002. ''Al Karmel'' folded in 2008.

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