Refaat Alareer

Refaat Alareer is the co-editor of Gaza Unsilenced (2015) and was the editor of (and a contributor to)Gaza Writes Back (2014). A native of Gaza City’s Shijaieh neighborhood, he received his M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University College of London (U.K.) and is currently completing his Ph.D. in English Literature at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has been teaching world literature, comparative literature, and both fiction and non-fiction creative writing at the Islamic University of Gaza since 2007.

About Refaat Alareer

Refaat Alareer is the co-editor of Gaza Unsilenced (2015) and was the editor of (and a contributor to)Gaza Writes Back (2014). A native of Gaza City’s Shijaieh neighborhood, he received his M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University College of London (U.K.) and is currently completing his Ph.D. in English Literature at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has been teaching world literature, comparative literature, and both fiction and non-fiction creative writing at the Islamic University of Gaza since 2007.

Videos of Refaat Alareer

Refaat Alareer and other authors of Gaza Writes back narrate their story. And Alareer is interviewed.

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