In 1983 Darwaza granted Palestinian historian Muhammad Y. Muslih an eight-day interview and allowed him to photo-copy his memoirs in entirety. Muslih noted that Darwaza was failing in health at the time.Muslih, 1988, p. xi. He died in Damascus in 1984 at the age of 96.Zebiri, 1993, pp. 145-146. Darwaza had three daughters, Najah, Salma, and Rudaina and a son, Zuhair.
