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Publisher: OR Books
ISBN:
9781682196212
Publication Date: 2025
Bind Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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If I Must Die
Illustrations, unspecified 200
"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. Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City alongside his brother, sister,and nephews in December 2023. He was just 44 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 Refaat's 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 Refaat 's 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.