Mr.Refaat Alereer

when all his brothers are fighting with gun,he fights the war with his pen.When all his brothers are striking with hard life and hardship of survival,he uses his mind to create his own dimension of his own army.That he is our dear Mr.Refaat Alareer,one of luckiest Palestinians who is given the chance to live and write about his experience.A day meeting him giving me so much information about his experience and a lot of information regarding my subject.I really do adore a special tough strong heart man like him.He do a great guy ever.He wrote a lot of poem but there is one poem that really touch my heart - 

And Gaza Lives On by Refaat Alereer

And another war in Gaza

Another day in Palestine

A day in prison

And we live on

Despite Israel’s very much identified flying objects

That we see more than our family and friends

And despite Israel’s death sentences

Like lead

Cast upon the head

 As we sleep

Like acid rain

Gnawing at our life

Clinging to it like a flea to a kitten

And stuffed in our throats

The moment we say ‘Amen’

To the prayers of old women and men

Despite Israel’s birds of death

Hovering only two meters from our breath

From our dreams and prayers

Blocking their ways to God.

Despite that.

We dream and pray,

Clinging to life even harder

Every time a dear one’s life

Is forcibly rooted up.

We live.

We live. We do. 

Palestinian poets who wrote in Arabic:
- Mahmoud Darwish
- Tamim Bargouti

Mahmoud Darwish, deceased, was the father of modern Palestinian poetry. Tamim Bargouti, son of a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother, was a wonderful poet who inspired many and revolutionized how people think. According to Mr. Alareer, Tamim was "young and cute", so everyone like him. However, our speaker favoured Tamim for his originality in imagery and metaphors.

Palestinian poets who wrote in English:
- Rafeef Ziadah (We Teach Life, Sir)
- Susan Abulhawa (Wala!)
- Rami Kanazi