Mahmoud Darwish memorial opens

Officials opened a new installation commemorating famed Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in Ramallah on Sunday, a press statement said. Prime Minister in the Ramallah-based government Salam Fayyad told those gathered: "I don't doubt this will become one of the most important monuments in Ramallah," the release from his office said. "It stands high breaking the Ramallah sky to reflect the great spirit of Mahmoud Darwish," Fayyad said, at the ceremony attended by Ramallah mayor Janet Michael, Paltel Chief Executive Ammar al-Ikir, and Mahmoud Darwish Society Director Yasser Abed Rabbo. Darwish is revered as Palestine's national poet, and died in 2008.