Mahmoud Darwish | Unisex eco-friendly hoodie

A drawing by artist Marie-Claire Laffaire

To wear a poem, to open a horizon. In Marie-Claire Laffaire’s drawing, Mahmoud Darwish appears in a window looking out onto the universe, with a celestial vault behind him. His words accompany this presence: "We shall be a people, if we so will." This United Souls creation makes space for poetry, memory, and the possibility of a common future.

The portrait and this opening onto the sky invite us to read Darwish beyond a static image: as a presence, a voice, a possibility of a future. The quote accompanying the drawing becomes a guiding thread, a way to connect memory to the will to forge a people. Wearing this design means making room for Palestinian poetry in daily life.

This unisex Mahmoud Darwish hoodie combines the drawing with a blend of organic cotton and recycled polyester. Its relaxed fit can be worn with jeans or under a jacket, asserting your convictions without reducing the design to a slogan. At United Souls, style has meaning.

THE ARTIST: MARIE-CLAIRE LAFFAIRE

A graduate of the Toulouse School of Fine Arts, Marie-Claire Laffaire grew up in Corrèze and trained at the Académie Jacques-Gabriel Chevalier in Brive, then in spatial design in Toulouse. After fifteen years devoted to architectural illustration, alongside poster creation, she has focused since the end of 2019 on an artistic quest that interrogates memory through drawing.

Hoodie features

• 85% ring-spun organic cotton, 15% recycled polyester
• Relaxed fit
• Fabric weight: 8.3 oz/yd² (281.42 g/m²)
• Set-in sleeves

The fabric of this product holds certifications for its organic cotton content

*Sizes are larger for the European market. Customers in this region should order one size down.

THE VOICE OF RESISTANCE AND PEACE

MAHMOUD DARWISH (1941-2008) - PALESTINE

A Palestinian poet born in Al-Birwa in 1941, Mahmoud Darwish made poetry a place where the intimate and collective history meet. Marked by exile, his work explores land, memory, identity, and the desire to live. His texts carry the Palestinian experience while opening a universal conversation on belonging and dignity. Having died in 2008, he left behind a voice whose power lies as much in its commitment as in the space it gives to love, beauty, and hope.

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