Israel today assassinated the eldest daughter of our Professor Refaat Al-Areer (Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸), Al-Shaimaa, along with her husband and newborn baby. I am out of words, tears, and ways to comprehend this endless loss, this pain, this criminal annihilation of our people.
illa ölmem gerekiyorsa
sen yaşamalısın
Refaat Alareer 🇵🇸
Ne garip değil mi
hiçbir ÖZ ve hiçbir SÖZ
hiç kimsenin
yüreğine değmiyor artık
Bakıyoruz
Okuyoruz
Geçiyoruz
Oysa kalmalı insan
herhangi bir şeyde
Vazgeçmediği bir DEĞERİ olmalı
Yüreğinin bir köşesinde
#FreePalestine
Ironically I met Refaat because of the New York times. He wrote his story and I was struck by the tenderness of his devotion to his family. So I immediately looked him up online. We had some laughs in the two years he had left. I miss him and I'm sorry🪁
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B'nai Brith Canada Refaat was a gentle scholar, teacher and poet who was loved by his students and who was intentionally assassinated by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza with members of his family. Bari Weiss had a hand in instigating this barbaric attack. He is just one of many intellectuals who have been…
In front of the Toronto Public Library after it took down Refaat Alareer's poem. We don't want or need Nazi libraries to tell your tale. We will carry on your legacy Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸 🕊️