WRITER

Refaat Alareer

1979 - 2023

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Refaat Alareer (Arabic: رفعت العرعير, romanized: Rifaʿat al-ʿAriʿīr; 23 September 1979 – 6 December 2023) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Refaat Alareer has received more than 280,631 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Refaat Alareer is the 7,293rd most popular writer.

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Notable Works

Gaza Unsilenced
Arab-israeli conflict, Palestinian arabs, Gaza strip, history
2015
Gaza Writes Back
Fiction, war & military, Fiction, Arab-Israeli conflict
2014

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Refaat Alareer ranks 7,293 out of 7,302. Before him are Sona Mohapatra, Nadifa Mohamed, Helen Oyeyemi, CGP Grey, Hiba Abu Nada, and Kelly Murphy. After him are Erin Hunter, Erica Dawson, T. J. Holmes, David Dinsmore, Laura Mendez, and Vanessa Grimm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Refaat Alareer ranks 1,345. Before him are Jon Montgomery, Ryan Malone, Rob Hulse, Mehdi Ben Cheikh, Nikola Aćin, and Gonzalo Carou. After him are Matias Albarracin, Erik Watndal, Carlos Paro, Emin Jafarov, Yukie Nakayama, and Juan Manuel Vivaldi. Among people deceased in 2023, Refaat Alareer ranks 604. Before him are Nikki McCray-Penson, Zoleka Mandela, Jansen Panettiere, Amy Fuller, Elena Huelva, and Hiba Abu Nada. After him are Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and Razi Mousavi.

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