Refaat Alareer’s “If I Must Die”: The Death of the Author, the Afterlife of the Tale

This article traces the performative role of tales and storytelling in late Refaat Alareer’s life, career, (creative) writing, activism, and death. It ultimately examines this performativity’s intensification and culmination in Alareer’s Saidian late-style poem “If I Must Die.” The article combines...

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Main Author: Asma Hussein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pluto Journals 2025-04-01
Series:Arab Studies Quarterly
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/arabstudquar.47.2.0005
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