Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Birwa

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:12, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Al-Birwa

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Skyline of al-Birwa, 1928

... that Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was a refugee from the depopulated village of al-Birwa (pictured)?

ALT1:... that during the 1930s Palestine revolt, British forces punished men from the rebel village of al-Birwa (pictured) by having them sit on cactus plants?
Reviewed: William Morales

Improved to Good Article status by Al Ameer son (talk). Self-nominated at 19:27, 19 June 2016 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - Perhaps go with ALT1 since Mahmoud Darwish is largely unknown to western audiences..

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: - Pending
Overall: Waiting for QPQ Makeandtoss (talk) 22:25, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

@Makeandtoss: Thanks for the review, the QPQ has now been taken care of. I'm fine going with ALT1. --Al Ameer (talk) 22:45, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Good to go then. Makeandtoss (talk) 22:48, 20 June 2016 (UTC)