Thousands of Palestinians take to the streets of Ramallah for the funeral of national poet Mahmoud Darwish.
A helicopter had brought his body from Jordan, where it had been flown from the United States. Darwish, 67, died on Saturday from complications after heart surgery in Houston, Texas.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, with scores of tearful officials and dignitaries, received the coffin, draped in a Palestinian flag, at his Ramallah headquarters.Darwish's award-winning poetry, translated into more than 20 languages, captured the feelings of many Palestinians and Arabs.
