People in the Lusosphere and all over the world reacted to his death, and the Arab world is no exception. Yazan Ashqar published this photo of Saramago in his blog and wrote one of his most famous quotes under it: I think we are blind.
كانت هناك العديد من الردود في الشارع البرتغالي وبجميع أنحاء العالم ولم يكن والعالم العربي استثناء.