1. Refaat Alareer was a Palestinian writer, poet, professor, and activist from the Gaza Strip.
14 Facts About Refaat Alareer
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Refaat Alareer earned a BA in English in 2001 from the Islamic University of Gaza and an MA from University College London in 2007.
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Refaat Alareer earned a PhD in English Literature at the Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2017 with a dissertation on John Donne.
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Refaat Alareer taught literature and creative writing at the Islamic University of Gaza and co-founded the organization We Are Not Numbers, which matched experienced authors with young writers in Gaza, and promoted the power of storytelling as a means of Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation.
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On 6 December 2023, Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza, along with his brother, sister, and four of his nephews, during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.
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Refaat Alareer was born 23 September 1979 in Shuja'iyya in Gaza City.
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Refaat Alareer earned a BA in English in 2001 from the Islamic University of Gaza and an MA from University College London in 2007.
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In 2007, Refaat Alareer became a professor at Islamic University in Gaza, where he taught world literature and creative writing.
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Refaat Alareer identified his ultimate teaching goal as highlighting parallel experiences of Palestinians and Jews.
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Refaat Alareer co-founded the organization We Are Not Numbers, a mentorship program that matches writers in Gaza with authors abroad.
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Refaat Alareer was a Gaza Zoo volunteer, which he continued during the Gaza war.
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On 26 April 2024, five months after Refaat Alareer's death, his eldest daughter Shaimaa, her husband Mohammed Siyam, and their newborn baby were killed by an Israeli airstrike on their home in Gaza City.
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Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike at approximately 18:00 on 6 December 2023 in northern Gaza.
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Refaat Alareer had refused to leave northern Gaza at the start of the Gaza war.