{"product_id":"w4g-alareer-refaat-if-i-must-die-paperback","title":"[B4G] Alareer, Refaat: If I Must Die (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOR Books, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: December 9, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe renowned poet and literature professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City alongside his brother, sister, and nephews in December 2023. He was just forty-four years old, but had already established a worldwide reputation that was further enhanced when, in the wake of his death, the poem that gives this book its title became a global sensation. \"If I Must Die\" is included here, alongside Refaat's other poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRefaat wrote extensively about a range of topics: teaching Shakespeare and the way Shylock could be appreciated by young Palestinian students; the horrors of living under repeated brutal assaults in Gaza, one of which, in 2014, killed another of his brothers; and the generosity of Palestinians to each other, fighting, in the face of it all, to be the one paying at the supermarket checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuch pieces, some never before published, have been curated here by one of Refaat's closest friends and collaborators. This collection forms a fitting testament to a remarkable writer, educator, and activist, one whose voice will not be silenced by death but will continue to assert the power of learning and humanism in the face of barbarity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Book proceeds","offer_id":44073442803735,"sku":"9781682196618","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Book + $10","offer_id":44073442836503,"sku":"9781682196619","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Book + $25","offer_id":44073442869271,"sku":"9781682196620","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Book + $50","offer_id":44073442902039,"sku":"9781682196621","price":67.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/content_1bb67ed6-48fa-40eb-aebd-3f76773aa373.jpg?v=1757534435","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/w4g-alareer-refaat-if-i-must-die-paperback","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}