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Thank you for sharing Dr. Refaat Alareer’s writings with us!

The following pieces by Dr. Refaat Alareer, the Palestinian poet, professor and beloved mentor who was murdered in an Israeli airstrike on 6 December 2023, have not been published previously. These pieces will also appear in If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose, an anthology of Alareer’s work compiled with an introduction by Yousef M. Aljamal and published by OR Books.

Dates mentioned:

1. 19 October 2023: In Gaza, we have grown accustomed to war
2. 23 October 2023: Five stages of coping with war in Gaza
3. 27 October 2023: What it’s like when Israel bombs your building