An exhibition highlighting the emotional and human face of the poet Mahmoud Darwish, 'The Dice Player: Mahmoud Darwish' is presented by the 'House of Wisdom' in Sharjah. This visual event stands art alongside memory, running until March 2026 in the al-Khwarizmi Exhibition Hall at the House of Wisdom. The exhibition is divided into six sections, reflecting six facets of Darwish's life. It spotlights 'The Son', uprooted from his village of Burweh and carrying it in his poetry; 'The Poet' who made language a homeland; 'The Exile' who turned absence into a homeland that resides in the heart; 'The Lover' for whom love was a transient visitor; 'The Resistant' who wove a stance from poetry and a path to resistance from the word; and 'The Absent Present', whose voice remained more present after his passing. Within the 'The Unlucky Lover' section, a series of artworks titled 'A Tribute to Mahmoud Darwish' by the sculptor and visual poet Muna Alsaudi stands alongside documentary screens showing clips from the film 'Mahmoud Darwish, and the Earth as a Language' by director Simone Bitton. In it, Egyptian writer and translator Haya El Hindi speaks of her relationship with the late poet, which was bound by a short marriage that lasted only months and ended in an amicable divorce, which Darwish described as 'a peaceful separation'. The works of Muna Alsaudi on display include a collection of visual pieces she presented in tribute to Darwish, inspired by his texts and human sensitivity. They are part of the Palestinian Museum's collection and include prominent works such as the poem 'The Earth' (1979), 'Ode to the Green' (1977), 'The Sand' (1979), and 'This is Her Image, and this is the Lover's Suicide' (1980). The exhibition also includes two works by the Palestinian painter and sculptor Suleiman Mansour from the Barjeel Art Foundation.
