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Gaza écrit Gaza - Récits par de jeunes écrivains de Gaza, Pa
280 pages, Paperback
Published October 3, 2025
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Refaat Alareer
9 books406 followersRefaat Alareer (Arabic: رفعت العرعير) was a Palestinian writer, poet, professor, and activist from the Gaza Strip.
Alareer was born in Gaza City in 1979 during the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, which he said had negatively influenced every move and decision he made. Alareer earned a BA in English in 2001 from the Islamic University of Gaza and an MA from University College London in 2007. He earned a PhD in English Literature at the Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2017 with a dissertation on John Donne.
He 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.
On 6 December 2023, 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. The Euro-Med Monitor released a statement saying that Alareer was deliberately targeted, "surgically bombed out of the entire building", and came after weeks of "death threats that Refaat received online and by phone from Israeli accounts." On 26 April 2024, his eldest daughter and his newborn grandchild were killed by an Israeli airstrike on their Gaza City home.
Alareer was born in Gaza City in 1979 during the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, which he said had negatively influenced every move and decision he made. Alareer earned a BA in English in 2001 from the Islamic University of Gaza and an MA from University College London in 2007. He earned a PhD in English Literature at the Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2017 with a dissertation on John Donne.
He 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.
On 6 December 2023, 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. The Euro-Med Monitor released a statement saying that Alareer was deliberately targeted, "surgically bombed out of the entire building", and came after weeks of "death threats that Refaat received online and by phone from Israeli accounts." On 26 April 2024, his eldest daughter and his newborn grandchild were killed by an Israeli airstrike on their Gaza City home.
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December 18, 2025
‘Les colis’, ‘Un peu avant l’aube’ et ‘Cicatrices’
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October 27, 2025
"Comment rendre justice à toutes ces voix ensevelies sous les décombres ? Comment placer ce livre dans le temps, alors que l'assaut de 2008-2009 qui est à la fois le prétexte et le fondement de l'écriture chez ces jeunes se reproduit, comme un film d'horreur ? Comment fixer un début alors qu'il ne semble plus y avoir de fin ?"
Lire leurs mots malgré l'horreur, la détresse, l'incompréhension, pour ne pas les oublier ;-(
Lire leurs mots malgré l'horreur, la détresse, l'incompréhension, pour ne pas les oublier ;-(
December 22, 2025
Bien qu’il s’agit d’histoires fictives, ces récits reflètent une certaine réalité. Ça fait réfléchir. Et malheureusement, l’histoire se répète encore.
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