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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 200
Utgivningsdatum: 2024-12-05
Förlag: OR Books
Medarbetare: Abulhawa, Susan (foreword)
Illustrationer: Illustrations
Dimensioner: 193 x 127 x 25 mm
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ISBN: 9781682196212

If I Must Die

Name: If I Must Die
Price: 313.00 SEK
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Author: Refaat Alareer, Yousef M Aljamal
ISBN: 9781682196212

Poetry and Prose

av Refaat Alareer, Yousef M Aljamal

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024-12-05

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If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale. This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family. The renowned poet and literature professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City alongside his brother, sister, and nephews in December 2023. He was just forty-four years old, but had already established a worldwide reputation that was further enhanced when, in the wake of his death, the poem that gives this book its title became a global sensation. If I Must Die is included here, alongside Refaats other poetry. Refaat wrote extensively about a range of topics: teaching Shakespeare and the way Shylock could be appreciated by young Palestinian students; the horrors of living under repeated brutal assaults in Gaza, one of which, in 2014, killed another of his brothers; and the generosity of Palestinians to each other, fighting, in the face of it all, to be the one paying at the supermarket checkout. Such pieces, some never before published, have been curated here by one of Refaats closest friends and collaborators. This collection forms a fitting testament to a remarkable writer, educator, and activist, one whose voice will not be silenced by death but will continue to assert the power of learning and humanism in the face of barbarity.

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Gaza Unsilenced

Refaat Alareer

During Israels lengthy 2014 assault on Gaza, voices worldwide rose in stunned protest. Using numerous creative means, Palestinians and their allies bore witness to the Israeli attacksand to the siege that has strangled Gaza ever since. Gaza Unsile...

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#1 on CounterPunchs Top 15 Books of 2024 | A USA Today Bestseller | Listed Among the Top 10 Books of 2024 by The New Arab "Refaat left us, but his word must not." Mosab Abu Toha "A deeply personal window on Israeli violence in Gaza, this shouldnt be missed." Starred review in Publishers Weekly Compelling . . . a glimpse into a restless political and literary mind, one that was still rising to the height of its powers. The Guardian Crafted with such meticulous detail . . . Refaats dispatches offer the poets most intimate and vulnerable thoughts. Drop Site News "One of the most important literary voices of Palestine . . . Refaat has changed the lives of countless people, in Gaza and far beyond." Current Affairs "Transforms trauma, death and despair into words and into poetry, occasionally rising to true greatness." Jewish Voice for Labour "Fragments of a visionary's blueprint for liberation." Middle East Eye "The 'Voice of Gaza' lives on." New Arab "Remarkable . . . a tragic document of genocide, and a beacon of hope for a Palestinian future." The Morning Star Alareers personality and character, his erudition, humor and compassion . . . flood this book. Jenny Lewis, Oxford University "Utterly inspiring." Buzz Mag

Refaat Alareer gained his PhD with a dissertation on the poetry of John Donne. He taught English Literature at the Islamic University of Gaza, now destroyed. He is the editor of two collections of writing by his students, Gaza Writes Back and Gaza Unsilenced (both published by Just World Books). His journalism featured in The New York Times, and he appeared on the BBC, ABC News, and Democracy Now. He was a volunteer at the Gaza Zoo.