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a date with literary scholar
Oct. 24th, 2013 01:35 amon last Monday of 20th October, our Poetry and Drama class was blessed with the opportunity of listening to a talk by Mr. Refaat Alareer; a young academic and writer from Gaza who blogs at thisisgaza.wordpress.com.
quotes from his "About " section in his blog:
"We have come to realise that it is through words and writing that the Zionist movement managed to occupy Palestine well before the actual infiltration that ended in occupying the whole land of Palestine killing and displacing millions of Palestinian unarmed civilians. So, we decided to Write Back. We endeavour to use all efforts and pens and to gather all material there is that helps promote our cause to enlighten both ourselves and all the peoples of the world.
Mr. Refaat started the talk with a brief historical review regarding Palestine and the occupation of the Jews, he showed us through the geographical maps of Palestine then and now on how the population of the people of Palestine has decreased greatly over the years.
moving on to a more relevant subject, as advocated in his about me section quoted above mr. Refaat talks about the use of writing, especially poems as an important tool of resistance to defy the occupation. he recommended few notable Palestinian poet such as Mahmoud Darwish, Tamim Bargouti, Susan Abulhawa and some other more.
mr. Refaat also gave his inputs regarding steps or inspiration to be taken in order to write poetry; he emphasizes on keeping the ideas recorded, as they might proved to be useful for inspirations later. he encourages the practice of freewriting, references to lots of other famous works and the aim of writing; whether it is as a tool of interest or resistance. he was generous enough to do a reading and short analysis of his work of poems, as well as explaining the messages and his motives behind each work. among the titles of the work are I Am You, Freshly Baked Soul, If I must Die and many more.
all in all, it was a truly enlightening morning talk; to be able to listen directly from someone who were actually a part of this war of resistance we so often only hear before through the medias. all of us were truly grateful to mr. Refaat for his time and dedication, and we wish for all the best for him, his fight and his journey.
links:thisisgaza.wordpress.com/
twitter.com/ThisIsGaZa
quotes from his "About " section in his blog:
"We have come to realise that it is through words and writing that the Zionist movement managed to occupy Palestine well before the actual infiltration that ended in occupying the whole land of Palestine killing and displacing millions of Palestinian unarmed civilians. So, we decided to Write Back. We endeavour to use all efforts and pens and to gather all material there is that helps promote our cause to enlighten both ourselves and all the peoples of the world.
We welcome all contributions that help support that Palestinian cause and the Gaza situation in particular. Any attempt to expose the atrocities of the Israeli occupation as well as their violation of all basic human rights is appreciated."
Mr. Refaat started the talk with a brief historical review regarding Palestine and the occupation of the Jews, he showed us through the geographical maps of Palestine then and now on how the population of the people of Palestine has decreased greatly over the years.
moving on to a more relevant subject, as advocated in his about me section quoted above mr. Refaat talks about the use of writing, especially poems as an important tool of resistance to defy the occupation. he recommended few notable Palestinian poet such as Mahmoud Darwish, Tamim Bargouti, Susan Abulhawa and some other more.
mr. Refaat also gave his inputs regarding steps or inspiration to be taken in order to write poetry; he emphasizes on keeping the ideas recorded, as they might proved to be useful for inspirations later. he encourages the practice of freewriting, references to lots of other famous works and the aim of writing; whether it is as a tool of interest or resistance. he was generous enough to do a reading and short analysis of his work of poems, as well as explaining the messages and his motives behind each work. among the titles of the work are I Am You, Freshly Baked Soul, If I must Die and many more.
all in all, it was a truly enlightening morning talk; to be able to listen directly from someone who were actually a part of this war of resistance we so often only hear before through the medias. all of us were truly grateful to mr. Refaat for his time and dedication, and we wish for all the best for him, his fight and his journey.
links:
twitter.com/ThisIsGaZa
