Carrying Refaat Alareer’s legacy, with Yousef Aljamal

Monday this week marked the birthday of Dr. Refaat Alareer, the educator, writer, poet, frequent contributor to The Electronic Intifada and a beloved friend and mentor to many. Refaat would have turned 45, but his life was cut short when Israel murdered him in a targeted airstrike in Gaza City on 6 December. Following his death, Refaat’s life and work became known to people all over the world, especially through his prescient poem, which opens with the words, “If I must die, you must live, to tell my story.” Those lines have become a call to action for many of us, particularly Refaat’s students who continue to try to survive this genocide in Gaza. We are proud that we publish their work at The Electronic Intifada every day. And perhaps no one has been more inspired to action by Refaat’s work than his former student, colleague and close friend, Yousef Aljamal. A prolific writer and analyst, Yousef is the Gaza Coordinator for the Palestine Activism Program at the American Friends Service Committee. He’s the editor of the forthcoming book, If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose, an anthology of Refaat’s writing about teaching, literature, politics and family. Yousef joins us on the livestream to talk about the projects he is working on to keep Refaat’s legacy alive. This is a segment from The Electronic Intifada’s day 355 livestream. Ali Abunimah, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Jon Elmer and Asa Winstanley were joined by Yousef Aljamal, YousefAljamal, a prolific writer and analyst, and the Gaza Coordinator for the Palestine Activism Program at AFSC. You can watch the entire broadcast here: Your gift supports The Electronic Intifada’s independent journalism on Palestine: • Donate by credit card or PayPal via Network for Good: • Donate by credit card, ApplePay or US bank account via Kindful: Gifts are welcome from anywhere and are tax-deductible for US taxpayers as allowed by law. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐚 Visit our website for more reporting: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Rumble: Soundcloud: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: #TheElectronicIntifada #TheElectronicIntifadaPodcast