He arrived in the UK late 2002 as an asylum seeker. Darwish completed a BA in history at Teesside University, England. Currently, he is a postgraduate student at Durham University, England, School of Government & International Affairs. His poetry published in the UK, USA, Pakistan, Finland, Morocco and Mexico. His work has been translated into Arabic, Finnish and Italian. Darwish’s forthcoming collection, Don’t forget the Cuscus will see publication in October 2015 by Smokestack Books publisher, England.