#refaat alareer

[garadinervi]

Refaat Alareer (رفعت العرعير‎), b. September 23, 1979 / 2025

If I must die, you must live to tell my story

(image: Palestinian children fly a kite with colours of the national flag at the site of protest tents next to the Gaza Strip's border fence with Israel, east of Gaza city, on May 10, 2018. Photo by Mahmoud Ajour. «Mondoweiss»)

[gobcorend]

"There's a Palestine that dwells inside all of us, a Palestine that needs to be rescued: a free Palestine where all people regardless of color, religion, or race coexist; a Palestine where the meaning of the word "occupation" is only restricted to what the dictionary says rather than those plenty of meanings and connotations of death, destruction, pain, suffering, deprivation, isolation and restrictions that Israel has injected the word with"

-- Refaat Alareer, from Gaza Writes Back

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[mintflavoredart]

Refaat Alereer: If I die, let it be a tale

[sayruq]

Israeli Strike on Refaat al-Areer Apparently Deliberate

Israeli Strike on Refaat al-Areer Apparently Deliberate

[feluka]

this is unbearable. just a little while ago when the baby was born we were lamenting that refaat never got to meet his grandkid and now his grandkid, son in law, and daughter are dead too?! ايه القهر ده!

[primulaceas]

Brian Cox reads “If I Must Die” by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer.

Refaat was killed on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike. This was the last poem he published.

[mysharona1987]

I will never forget what Rafaat Alareer said about Israeli “liberals.”

[havingapoemwithyou]

If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer

Palestinian poet, writer, literature professor, and activist Dr. Refaat Alareer was killed on December 7th, 2023, in a targeted Israeli airstrike that also killed his brother, his sister, and four of her children.

Dr. Alareer was a beloved professor of literature and creative writing at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he taught since 2007.

This poem has been pinned to his twitter profile since November 1st, 2023.