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― Paulo Freire

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Read for Refaat, "If I Must Die" in 11 Languages

We read Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I Must Die" in 11 languages. Written in English in 2011, Dr. Alareer pinned the poem "If I Must Die" to his Twitter profile five weeks before his untimely death. He was killed with his family by an Israeli airstrike on December 7, 2023. He was only 45 years old.
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Radical books stimulate our imaginations to advance transformative futures. Radical books expose structures of oppression and chart creative paths forward. Such books alter our understanding of historical events, amplify the voices of marginalized groups, and account for the costs of persecution and repression.

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