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A Refaat Alareer Reading List

Thanks to Nadya Siyam, a writer and former student of Dr. Refaat Alareer, we've compiled a list of the works that Alareer was most passionate about teaching to his students in Gaza.

Refaat Alareer, former student Nadya Siyam notes, “generally loved Shakespeare and John Donne.” He frequently taught introductory courses on English literature, Shakespeare, Victorian literature, and poetry. Below, readers will find some of the works he returned to often.

 

cover of beowulf in a verse translation by seamus heaney

Beowulf

 

covers of shakespeare's othello, the merchant of venice, and hamlet

Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and Othello
by William Shakespeare

 

book covers of virginia woolf's to the lighthouse and aphra beh's oroonoko

The fiction of Virginia Woolf
and Aphra Behn

 

cover of jonathan swift's gulliver's travels

Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift 

 

cover of jonathan swift's a modest proposal

A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan Swift 

 

cover of laurence stern's tristam shandy

Tristam Shandy
by Laurence Sterne

 

the cover of mary shelley's frankenstein

Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
covers of charles dickens's great expectations, david copperfield, and oliver twist
Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens

 

cover of virginia woolf's a room of one's own

A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf

 

a cover of edward said's orientalism

Orientalism
by Edward Said 

 

cover of palestinian poet tamim al-bargouthi's in jerusalem

In Jerusalem
 by Tamim Al-Barghouti

 

image of john donne by isaac oliver

“The Bait” and “The Flea”
by John Donne

 

a portrait of george herbert

“A Wreath”
by George Herbert

 

a portrait of the poet christopher marlowe

“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” 
by Christopher Marlowe

 

a portrait of john milton

“Paradise Lost”
by John Milton

 

portrait of percy bysshe shelley

“Ozymandias”
by Percy Bysshe Shelley

 

a portrait of william wordsworth

“Composed upon Westminster Bridge”
by William Wordsworth

 

a portrait of samuel taylor coleridge

“Kubla Khan”
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

 

a portrait of elizabeth barrett browning

“How Do I Love Thee”
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 

 

a portrait of matthew arnold

“Dover Beach”
by Matthew Arnold 

 

a portrait of t. s. eliot

“The Wasteland”
by T.S. Eliot

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Refaat Alareer, former student Nadya Siyam notes, “generally loved Shakespeare and John Donne.” He frequently taught introductory courses on English literature, Shakespeare, Victorian literature, and poetry. Below, readers will find some of the works he returned to often.

 

cover of beowulf in a verse translation by seamus heaney

Beowulf

 

covers of shakespeare's othello, the merchant of venice, and hamlet

Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and Othello
by William Shakespeare

 

book covers of virginia woolf's to the lighthouse and aphra beh's oroonoko

The fiction of Virginia Woolf
and Aphra Behn

 

cover of jonathan swift's gulliver's travels

Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift 

 

cover of jonathan swift's a modest proposal

A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan Swift 

 

cover of laurence stern's tristam shandy

Tristam Shandy
by Laurence Sterne

 

the cover of mary shelley's frankenstein

Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
covers of charles dickens's great expectations, david copperfield, and oliver twist
Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens

 

cover of virginia woolf's a room of one's own

A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf

 

a cover of edward said's orientalism

Orientalism
by Edward Said 

 

cover of palestinian poet tamim al-bargouthi's in jerusalem

In Jerusalem
 by Tamim Al-Barghouti

 

image of john donne by isaac oliver

“The Bait” and “The Flea”
by John Donne

 

a portrait of george herbert

“A Wreath”
by George Herbert

 

a portrait of the poet christopher marlowe

“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” 
by Christopher Marlowe

 

a portrait of john milton

“Paradise Lost”
by John Milton

 

portrait of percy bysshe shelley

“Ozymandias”
by Percy Bysshe Shelley

 

a portrait of william wordsworth

“Composed upon Westminster Bridge”
by William Wordsworth

 

a portrait of samuel taylor coleridge

“Kubla Khan”
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

 

a portrait of elizabeth barrett browning

“How Do I Love Thee”
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 

 

a portrait of matthew arnold

“Dover Beach”
by Matthew Arnold 

 

a portrait of t. s. eliot

“The Wasteland”
by T.S. Eliot

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