A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media. Remember Refaat Alareer, the professor who was recently one of the guest speakers at the Palestine Writes Literature ...
19 quotes from Refaat Alareer: '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, …
The Electronic Intifada 7 December 2023. Refaat Alareer. We express our shock, anger and deep sadness at the murder by Israeli occupation forces of our friend and colleague Dr. Refaat Alareer in an airstrike in Gaza City on 6 December. Refaat was killed along with his brother, his brother's son, his sister and three of her children, and a ...
The note summarized the premise of the Nov. 16 story by Jerusalem bureau chief Patrick Kingsley. In front of the NYT reporter, it explained, Alareer praised a poem by a well-known Israeli poet as one that underscores the "shared humanity" between Israelis and Palestinians. "However," the newspaper continued, "in a video of a class from 2019, he …
Alareer's death marked the abrupt end to his reports on social media and interviews with various media outlets. The professor had justified the October 7 Hamas attack to the BBC, calling it a "legitimate" act of resistance. The Israeli press also reported on his death, criticizing his public comments. ...
Combine EditionsRefaat Alareer's books. Average rating: 4.37 · 401 ratings · 83 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors. Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire. by. Jehad Abusalim (editor), Jennifer Bing (Editor), Mike Merryman-Lotze (Editor) 4.74 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions. Want to Read.
Dr Refaat Alareer, a prominent Palestinian professor, writer and activist, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 6 December, according to friends and colleagues. The Islamic University professor was killed in Shujaiya, east of Gaza City. He died, along with his brother, sister and her four children, Lithub reports.
182. Gazan writer and literary scholar Refaat Alareer seen in a BBC interview. Palestinians are mourning the death of well-known writer and literary scholar Refaat Alareer, who was killed in an air strike in Gaza City on Wednesday. Alareer's father-in-law said he had died along with his brother and sister and four of her children.
Dec 07, 2023. Human rights defenders around the world expressed anguish and outrage Thursday after Refaat Alareer, a Palestinian professor who was one of Gaza's most prominent writers and activists, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Shejaiya that also killed his brother, sister, and her four children. Alareer, 44, was "a beloved professor ...
Abu Hain, 68, a retired deputy minister in Gaza's Hamas-controlled government, said Mr. Alareer was killed along with Mr. Alareer's brother, sister and several other family members. To many Palestinians and their supporters, Mr. Alareer was an important champion of Palestinian writers who brought their voices and anger to the …
A photo of the renowned Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, who was killed, is being displayed while about a hundred people are protesting for a ceasefire and a free Palestine at Breslauf Square in Cologne, Germany, on December 9, 2023, following the US veto of a UN resolution calling for a Gaza ceasefire.
The professor, Refaat Alareer has been the subject of glowing profiles and has been a pundit on the BBC and elsewhere during the Hamas-Israel war, reporting on conditions in Gaza. He has been trotted out as an exemplar of compassion and empathy and as an example of hope that Israelis and Palestinians might one day live together in …
"The article did not accurately reflect Mr. Alareer's views on Israeli poetry or how he teaches it," the note said. "Had The Times done more extensive reporting on Mr. Alareer, the article would have presented a more complete picture." (RELATED: NY Supreme Court Sides With Project Veritas, Allows Group To Depose The New York …
Alareer was a prominent writer, poet, and activist from Gaza. He was also a professor of English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he taught Shakespeare among other subjects. Alareer lost his life in an Israeli air strike on his sister's home. His brother, sister and her four children were also killed in the attack.
In the New York Times this month, reporter Patrick Kingsley tells a tale of a Gaza poetry professor who breaks down boundaries.. Professor Refaat Alareer, readers are told, "add[s] nuance" to the contrasting narratives of Palestinians and Israelis.He offers students "an appreciation" of Israeli poets. He admires the way an Israeli poet blurs …