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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. He earned a PhD in English Literature at the Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2017 with a dissertation on John Donne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Refaat Alareer is the 7,096th most popular writer (down from 7,063rd in 2019). (down from 4,961st in 2019)

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Among writers, Refaat Alareer ranks 7,096 out of 7,302Before him are Inna Shevchenko, Michael Savage, Mark Ravenhill, Natalya Vorozhbyt, George Will, and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. After him are Han Han, Niviaq Korneliussen, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Lauren Kate, Scott Smith, and Paul Beatty.

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Among people born in 1979, Refaat Alareer ranks 758Before him are Lisa Loven Kongsli, Ariel Garcé, Yuriy Krivtsov, Martina Beck, Jocelyn Quivrin, and Nisha Ayub. After him are Katrin Zeller, Teruki Tabata, Staņislavs Olijars, Matthias Kessler, Anne McClain, and Lauris Reiniks. Among people deceased in 2023, Refaat Alareer ranks 592Before him are Elena Pampoulova, Lieuwe Westra, Zahara, Bishan Singh Bedi, Satish Kaushik, and Amy Fuller. After him are Tim Lobinger, Raphael Dwamena, Melissa Hoskins, Mike McFarlane, Khader Adnan, and Craig Breen.

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