Mahmoud Darwish | Organic cotton tote bag

Take along a book, a word, a horizon. This United Souls tote bag makes room for Mahmoud Darwish in your daily life. Marie-Claire Laffaire portrays him in a window opening onto the universe, set against a celestial vault. Beside him, "We shall be a people, if we so desire" connects memory to hope and the poet’s face to a collective will.

Whether for a bookstore visit, a day in the city, or carrying a few essentials, its 272 g/m² organic twill cotton and two straps will accompany your travels. More than just an accessory, it is a design to be taken on a journey: a way to carry your convictions with elegance and let poetry meet the world. At United Souls, style has meaning.

A creation by Marie-Claire Laffaire

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

A graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, Marie-Claire Laffaire grew up in Corrèze and trained at the Académie Jacques-Gabriel Chevalier in Brive, followed by space design studies in Toulouse. After fifteen years dedicated to architectural illustration, alongside poster design, she has focused since late 2019 on artistic research that questions memory through drawing. This background gives a particular resonance to this window on the universe: a space to welcome a face and what it conveys.

Tote bag specifications

• 100% certified organic 3/1 twill cotton
• Fabric weight: 272 g/m² (8 oz/yd²)
• Dimensions: 40.6 × 35.6 × 12.7 cm (16" × 14 ½" × 5")
• Weight limit: 13.6 kg (30 lbs)
• Two straps, 2.5 cm (1") wide and 62.2 cm (24.5") long
• Blank product sourced from India

THE VOICE OF RESISTANCE AND PEACE

MAHMOUD DARWISH (1941-2008) - PALESTINE

A Palestinian poet born in Al-Birwa in 1941, Mahmoud Darwish turned poetry into a space where the intimate and the 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 passed away in 2008, he leaves behind a voice whose strength lies as much in its commitment as in the importance given to love, beauty, and hope.

A creation by the artist Marie-Claire Laffaire

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