An open letter regarding Palestine from the literature and creative writing community

The following letter, which is from teachers, researchers, and students connected to literature and creative writing in Australian universities, regards our colleagues and peers in Palestine, and has been sent to the Federal Minister for Education, Jason Clare.

As teachers, researchers, and students of Literature and Creative Writing in Australia we express our acute sorrow and outrage at the loss of innumerable colleagues and peers in our fields in Palestine over the last five months. Since early October, the devastating attacks on the people of Gaza have led to the deaths of over 30,000 Palestinians, with hundreds of thousands injured and disabled, and the entire population of Gaza displaced. The region’s infrastructure has been decimated, including schools and universities. The extraordinary loss of life and livelihoods is a daily confrontation. As Palestinian writers remind us, each life is a whole universe.

On December 7, Professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli air strike. Professor Alareer taught Shakespeare and World Literature. He wrote short stories and poetry. His now famous poem “If I must die,/ you must live/ to tell my story” was posted on November 2 anticipating his own death. In an act of literary solidarity, this poem has been translated into 161 different languages. It has circulated around the world, telling the story of Refaat as he so tragically requested in the poem’s closing lines: “If I must die/ let it bring hope/ let it be a tale”. Professor Alareer was especially concerned with the loss of histories from elders and established a project for younger generations to capture in writing the oral stories of parents and grandparents.

Scores of other writers and poets have lost their lives. These include Heba Abu Nada, Amar Abu Shaweesh, Abdul Karim Hasash, Inas al-Saqa, JIhad Al-Masri, Ysuf Dawas, Shahada Al-Buhbahan, Nour al-Din Hajjaj, Mustafa Al-Sawwaf, Abdullah Al-Aqad, Said Al-Dahshan, and Saleem Al-Naffar.

We believe that writing, storytelling, singing, versifying, and thinking critically about our world through creative expression are essential to human community and its flourishing. The destruction of literature’s condition of possibility in Gaza constitutes the destruction of Palestinians as a people who can tell their stories and hand down their living cultural heritage. One of literature’s key tenets is that all the products of cultural history – fiction, film, archives, histories, artefacts – are foundational for a people to imagine how to build better worlds and possible futures.

Palestinians in Gaza pride themselves on achieving their educational goals despite their extreme living conditions, forced since 2005 to inhabit an enclosed space. Those aspirations can no longer be realised as every site of higher education has been reduced to rubble. The current Israeli government has ensured that generations of Gazans will not have access to higher education, crippling the future of each Gazan and cruelling prospects of prosperity for Gaza and Palestine as a whole.

We cannot retrieve what has been lost. We cannot bring back the lives that have been cut short. But as educators, writers and researchers we urge the Australian Government and all Australian educational institutions to join with the growing global chorus calling for an immediate ceasefire.

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, Macquarie University, Creative Writing
Ms Maha Abed, Macquarie University, Creative Writing (Masters)
Dr Paula Abood, Writer/Educator
Dr Debra Adelaide, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney, Creative Writing
Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Western Sydney University, Director of Sweatshop
Dr Claire Albrecht, Unaffiliated academic, Poetry
Mr George Alexander, Creative writing
Dr Veronica Alfano, Macquarie University, English
Ms Lur Alghurabi, writer and poet
Associate Professor Esther Anatolitis, RMIT, School of Art
Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Andrews, Western Sydney University, English and Translation Studies
Ms Shannon Anima, WestWords and Varuna, Narrative
Dr Evelyn Araluen, Deakin University, Literature and Creative Writing
Dr Prema Arasu, The University of Western Australia, Creative Writing
Professor Bill Ashcroft, UNSW, Postcolonial Literary Studies
Dr Sarah Attfield, University of Technology Sydney, Creative Writing
Associate Professor John Attridge, UNSW, English
Dr Tamlyn Avery, The University of Queensland, English
Dr Ashkan Bahrani, Monash University (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), Religious Studies
Mr Neel Banerjee, Nautanki Theatre Company, Theatre & Creative Arts
Associate Professor Charles Barbour, WSU, English
Ms Sandra Barker, Casual High School Teacher, English/History
Mr Joshua Barnes, University of Melbourne, English
Associate Professor Jumana Bayeh, Macquarie University, President of Australasia Association for Literature
Dr Vanessa Berry, University of Sydney, English and Writing
Dr Craig Billingham, UNSW, Creative Writing
Ms Danielle Binks, RMIT University, Professional Writing & Editing
Professor Tony Birch, University of Melbourne
mx bea birett, WSU, creative industries/creative writing
Miss Angelita Biscotti, University of Melbourne, Faculty of Arts
Dr Emily Bitto, Writer
Ms Anna Bober, Writer
Dr Brooke Boland, Writer
Dr Sue Bond, Creative Writing
Dr Meg Brayshaw, University of Sydney, English & Writing
Associate Professor Anne Brewster, UNSW (affiliate), Literature and Creative Writing
Adjunct Associate Professor Gay Breyley, University of Adelaide, Arts and Humanities
Dr Leonie Brialey, University of Melbourne, Creative Writing
Mx Nat Briggs, RMIT, Media and Communication
Dr Andrew Brooks, UNSW, Media and Cultural Studies
Associate Researcher Sienna Brown, Western Sydney University, Creative Writing
Dr Elizabeth Bryer, University of Melbourne, School of Languages and Linguistics
Dr Melinda Bufton, Poet
Mx Jade But, The University of Melbourne, Creative Writing
Professor Mark Byron, University of Sydney English and Writing
Dr Michelle Cahill, University of Tasmania, School of Humanities
Mr Elliot Cameron, University of Wollongong, English Literature and Creative Writing
Dr Grant Caldwell, University of Melbourne, Creative Writing
Dr Gilbert Caluya, Deakin University, Writing, Literature and Culture Group
Ms Chloe Cannell, University of South Australia, Creative Writing
Associate Professor Kylie Cardell, Flinders University, English
Dr Luke Carman, Western Sydney University, Creative Writing
Professor David Carlin, RMIT University, Writing and Publishing
Ms Debra Carroll, UNE, Linguistics
Emeritus Professor David Carter, University of Queensland, Australian Studies, Literary Studies
Dr Felicity Castagna, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University, Creative Writing
Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne, ANU, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Dr Mridula Nath Chakraborty, Monash University, Postcolonial and Diaspora studies
Miss Joy Chalaby, English Literature
Miss Rosie Clarke, The University of Queensland, Literature
Associate Professor Justin Clemens, The University of Melbourne, English and poetry
Ms Emily Clements, Literature
Professor JM Coetzee, University of Adelaide
Professor Deirdre Coleman, University if Melbourne, English & Theatre Studies
Ms Courtney Collins, Charles Darwin University, Creative Writing
Mr William Collis, Writer
Ms Jacqueline Cooper, Editor, writer
Dr Claire Corbett, University of Technology Sydney, Creative Writing
Dr Alex Cothren, Flinders University, Creative Writing
Mr Jack Cox, Author
Dr Samuel Cox, University of Adelaide, Literature
Dr Ned Curthoys, The University of Western Australia, English and Literary Studies
Dr Amanda Curtin, Author
Professor Tanya Dalziell, University of Western Australia, English and Literary Studies
Dr Emma Darragh, UOW, Creative writing and English literatures
Dr Duc Dau, The University of Western Australia, Literary Studies
Dr Toby Davidson, Macquarie University, Literature
Mr Arthur Day, Murdoch University, English
Dr Tegan Bennett Daylight, Western Sydney University, Creative Writing
Dr Carolyn D’Cruz, La Trobe University, Gender sexuality and diversity studies
Professor Helen De Cieri, Monash University
Ms Michelle de Kretser, Honorary Associate, University of Sydney, Creative Writing
Tricia Dearborn, Poet, writer, editor
Dr Marina Deller, Flinders University, Arts & Creative Arts
Ms Robyn Dennison, University of Melbourne, Creative writing
Dr Shastra Deo, The University of Queensland, Creative Writing
Ms Alice Desmond, Macquarie University
Dr Melissa Dickson, University of Queensland, Literature
Ms Emily Direen, University of Tasmania, English and Creative Writing
Mrs Matilda Dixon-Smith, Author
Ms Jennifer Down, Author
Dr Jane Downing, Writer
Ms Sara Dowse, Writer
Dr Briohny Doyle, University of Sydney, English and Writing
Dr Jonathan Dunk, Deakin University, Writing and Literature
Ms Winnie Dunn, Author
Mx Robin Eames, Poet
Dr Max Easton, Writer
Dr Quah Ee Ling, Western Sydney University, Writing and Society Research Centre
Dr Frances Egan, Monash University, Arts
Ms Sara El Sayed, QUT, Creative Writing
Dr David Ellison, Griffith University, Literary Studies
Associate Professor Ben Etherington, Western Sydney University, Literary Studies
Associate Professor Kate Fagan, Western Sydney University, Literary Studies and Writing
Dr Delia Falconer, University of Technology Sydney, Creative writing
Associate Professor Mara Favoretto, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Arts
Professor Rachel Fensham, University of Melbourne, English and Theatre Studies
Dr Sara Fernandes, University of Melbourne, English
Dr Rachel Fetherston, Deakin University, Literary Studies
Dr Toby Fitch, University of Sydney, Creative Writing
Dr Zouhir Gabsi , Deakin University, Arabic and Islamic studies
Dr Kelly Gardiner, La Trobe University, Creative Writing
Dr Christian Gelder, Macquarie University, English
Emeritus Professor Ken Gelder, University of Melbourne, English
Associate Professor Sarah Gleeson-White, University of Sydney, English
Adjunct Professor Anna Gibbs, Western Sydney University, Humanities and Communication Arts
Dr Sarah Gilbert, UTS, writer and podcaster
Professor Jessica Gildersleeve, University of Southern Queensland, English Literature
Mrs Sandra Gleeson, Writer
Ms Elena Gomez, University of Melbourne, Creative Writing
Dr Roanna Gonsalves, UNSW, Creative Writing
Dr James Gourley, Western Sydney University, English
Dr Elias Greig, writer
Dr Michael Griffiths, University of Wollongong, English Literatures
Professor Helen Groth, UNSW, English
Dr Alice Grundy, ANU, Literature
Ms Hellai Gul, Writing
Miss Isabella Gullifer-Laurie, The University of Melbourne, English
Dr Eda Gunaydin, University of Wollongong
Dr George Haddad, Western Sydney University, Creative Writing
Dr Francesca Haig, Author
Dr Michelle Hamadache, Macquarie University, Creative Writing
Ms Amu Hamilton, ANU, Law and the humanities
Dr Jennifer Hamilton, University of New England, English
Dr Alexandra Hankinson, Associate Researcher, Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Contemporary Culture Research, University of Melbourne
Mr Michael Hannan, University of Wollongong, English Literatures and Creative Writing
Associate Professor Melissa Hardie, University of Sydney, English and Writing
Dr Rebecca Harkins-Cross, RMIT, Creative Writing
Professor Adrian Hearn, University of Melbourne, Arts
Associate Professor Margaret Henderson, The University of Queensland, English literature
M Emily Herdman, University of Sydney, Creative Writing
Ms Alysha Herrmann, Deakin University, Writer and Honours Student
Dr Isabelle Hesse, The University of Sydney, English and Writing
Mx Cyma Hibri, University of Sydney, Department of English
Mx LK Holt, Poet
Ms Joanne Horniman, Writer
Dr Luke Horton, RMIT, Creative Writing
Dr Joe Hughes, University of Melbourne, Literary History
Emeritus Professor Ivor Indyk, Australian literature
Ms Linda Jaivin, author
Associate Professor Anne Jamison, Western Sydney University, English
Dr Melinda Jewell, Western Sydney University, English and Creative Writing
Mr Jack Jeweller, Western Sydney University, PhD Candidate in Literature and Creative Writing
Dr James Jiang, Western Sydney University, English/Creative Writing
Emeritus Professor Gail Jones, Western Sydney University, Literature
Ms Melanie Joosten, Writer
Emeritus Professor Nicholas Jose, University of Adelaide, English and Creative Writing
Dr Laura Joseph, formerly UNSW, English
Associate Professor Sigi Jottkandt, UNSW, English
Dr Mireille Juchau, University of Sydney, Honorary Affiliate
Dr Daniel Juckes, University of Western Australia, English and Literary Studies
Dr Evelyn Juers, writer
Ms Bec Kavanagh, Melbourne University/La Trobe University, Creative Writing
Ms Mary Kerr, UNSW, English Literature
Mrs Meyrnah Khodr, Creative writer and primary school teacher
Associate Professor Stewart King, Monash University
Mx Kyle Kohinga, Deakin University, Literature
Bruce Koussaba, University Of Sydney, Filmmaker & Writer
Dr Alex Kurmann, Macquarie University, French Studies
Professor Karima Laachir, ANU, Cultural Studies
Dr Benjamin Laird, RMIT University, Creative Writing
Dr Norma Lam-Saw, Western Sydney University, Arts (English, Philosophy)
Dr Jo Langdon, Deakin
Dr Annee Lawrence, Writer
Ms Jody Lee, Western Sydney University, Humanities Arts and Social Sciences
Dr Harold Legaspi, Poet
Mx Neika Lehman, RMIT, Writing & publishing
Mrs Elia Leitao, Department of Education, English
Honorary Associate Professor Kate Lilley, University of Sydney, English
Dr Astrid Lorange, UNSW, Cultural Studies and Literary Studies
Mr Tim Loveday, RMIT, Professional writing and editing
Ms Amanda Lucas-Frith, Plumwood Mountain Journal, Poetry
Dr Imran Lum, Writer
Miss Antoinette Luu, UNSW, English and Creative Writing
Dr Alison Lyssa, Playwright, Poet
Professor David McCooey, Deakin University, Literature and Writing
Dr Fiona Kelly McGregor, Writing, literature, art criticism
Caitlin McGregor, University of Melbourne, Creative Writing
Ms Catherine McInnis, Deakin University, Arts
Dr Benjamin Madden, University of Adelaide, English
Professor Paul Magee University of Canberra, Creative Writing and Literary Studies
Ms. Heidi Maier, Women’s studies & literature
Mr Seth Malacari, UWA, Creative Writing
Dr Caitlin Maling, Curtin University, Creative Writing
Miss Atoc Malou, University Student
Dr Jessica Marian, University of Melbourne, English & Theatre Studies
Dr Gregory Marks, La Trobe University, English
Mr Mohammed Massoud Morsi, Freelance, Journalist, photographer and writer
Dr Trish May, English Literature
Dr Una McIlvenna, Australian National University, English
Eli McLean, Production Editor, Meanjin
Dr Beth McLean, University of Melbourne, English and Theatre Studies
Dr Catriona Menzies-Pike, Western Sydney University, Adjunct Fellow, Writing and
Society Research Centre
Miss Israa Merhi, Western Sydney University, student
Dr Marc Mierowsky, University of Melbourne, English
Mr Connor Millsom, The University of Melbourne/Deakin University, English Literature, Finance, Economics
Dr Peter Minter, University of Sydney, poet
Ms Lauren Mirco, University of New England, English
Dr Kylie Mirmohamadi, La Trobe University, English and Creative Writing
Mx Marziya Mohammedali, Edith Cowan University, Media and Cultural Studies
Dr Cath Moore, The University of Melbourne, Creative Writing
Dr Dashiell Moore, University of Sydney, English and Writing Studies
Professor Nicole Moore, UNSW Canberra, English and Media Studies
Ms Fiannuala Morgan, University of Melbourne, Publishing
Professor Meaghan Morris, University of Sydney, Gender and Cultural Studies
Associate Professor Fiona Morrison, UNSW, Literary Studies
Associate Professor Kristine Moruzi, Deakin University, Literary Studies
Dr Wyatt Moss-Wellington, University of New England
Professor Stephen Muecke, Notre Dame, Environmentral Humanities
Professor Julian Murphet, University of Adelaide, English
Dr Rashida Murphy, Edith Cowan University, Creative Writing teacher
Dr Melanie Myers, University of Queensland, Creative Writing
Ms Anne Myers, Writer
Dr Lynda Ng, University of Melbourne, English and Theatre Studies
Mr Jayden Nguyen, The University of Sydney, English/Political Economy
Dr Lieu-Chi Nguyen, writer
Dr Gemma Nisbet, University of Western Australia, English and Literary Studies, and Creative Writing
Mx Ewan Nivall, University of South Australia, Creative Writing
Associate Professor Maggie Nolan, University of Queensland, Australian Literature
Dr Ella O’Keefe, poet
Dr Paddy O’Reilly, Latrobe University adjunct, English and Creative Writing
Ms Kelsey Oldham, The University of Melbourne, English
Ms Sally Olds, University of Melbourne , Creative Writing
Professor Brigitta Olubas, UNSW, English
Professor Peter Otto, University of Melbourne, Literary Studies
Ms Melody Paloma, RMIT, Creative Writing
Ms Helena Pantsis, Writer
Associate Professor Eric Parisot, Flinders University, English
Dr Nicola Parsons, University of Sydney, English
Mr Jonathan Payne, Western Sydney University, Creative Writing
Dr Benjamin Peek, Author
Ms Suneeta Peres da Costa, Writer
Associate Professor Christopher Peterson, Western Sydney University, English
Ms Cathy Petőcz, RMIT, Performance Writing
Ms Renee Pettitt-Schipp, Fremantle Press, Poet and non-fiction writer
Ms Audrey Pfister, un Projects
Ms Vivian Pham, Western Sydney University, Creative Writing
Dr Georgia Phillips, The University of Adelaide, Creative Writing
Ms Rochelle Pickles, University of Technology Sydney, Creative Writing
Mr Daniel Pilkington, University of Melbourne, Creative Writing
Associate Professor Deborah Pike, University of Notre Dame Australia, English Literature
Dr Andrew Pippos, University of Technology Sydney, Writing and Publishing
Ms Jasmine Pirovic, Writer
Dr Katharine Pollock, UNSW, Creative Writing
Mr Shaun Prescott, Novelist
Associate Professor Sean Pryor, UNSW Australia, English
Dr Sue Hall Pyke, University of Melbourne, Creative Writing and Indigenous Studies
Professor Anthony Pym, University of Melbourne, Translation Studies
Mr George Raptis, UNSW, English Literature
Ms Jane Rawson, Writer and Editor
KA Rees, Writer
T Reid, art write
Dr Nadia Rhook, La Trobe University
Ms Emily Riches, Editor
Ms Judith Ridge, University of Newcastle, Children’s Literature
Dr Nick Riemer University of Sydney, English and Writing; Linguistics
Ms Stacey Roberts, University of Melbourne, English and Theatre Studies
Dr Nicholas Robinson, University of Melbourne , Creative Writing
Dr Alice Robinson, Federation University and RMIT, Academic Skills and Creative Writing
Ms Ursula Robinson-Shaw, University of Melbourne, Creative writing
Associate Professor Brigid Rooney, University of Sydney (affiliate)
Associate Professor Kate Rossmanith, Macquarie University, Media, Cultural Studies, Literature
Mx Dylan Rowen, The University of Melbourne, Literature and Cultural Studies
Dr Autumn Royal, University of Melbourne, Creative Writing
Mx Stef Rozitis, University of South Australia, Education
Associate Professor Stephanie Russo, Macquarie University, English
Dr Penni Russon, Monash University, Creative Writing
Barnali Saha, Author, Literary Fiction
Ms Jasmeet Kaur Sahi, Writing & Editing
Dr Micaela Sahhar, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
Sara M Saleh, Creative Writing
Associate Professor Meg Samuelson, University of Adelaide
Dr Ellena Savage, Author
Dr Josephine Scicluna, Deakin, Literature & Creative Writing
Dr Adelle Sefton-Rowston, Charles Darwin University, Literary Studies
Ms Jemima Shafei-Ongu, Writer
Dr Shima Shahbazi, Western Sydney University
Ms Katie Shammas, Sweatshop, Writer
Dr Jennifer Shand, University of Western Australia, Education (English)
Associate Professor Paul Sheehan, Macquarie University, English
Dr Nick Shimmin, University of Sydney, Editor and Archivist
Associate Professor Lorraine Sim, Western Sydney University, English Literature
Dr Jenny Sinclair, English, creative writing
Ms Leanne Small, Charles Sturt University, Humanities
Associate Professor Michelle Smith, Monash University, Literary Studies
Professor Vanessa Smith, University of Sydney, English
Ms Ali Jane Smith, Writer
Emeritus Professor Hazel Smith, Western Sydney University, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Mr John Na’em Snobar, Poet
Dr Stefan Solomon, Macquarie University, Film Studies
Mrs Deb Solomon, Journalism
Dr Lucia Sorbera, The University of Sydney, Arabic Language and Cultures
Dr Beth Spencer, author, poet
Dr Miranda Stanyon, University of Melbourne, English and Theatre Studies
Ms Rosanna Stevens, Australian National University, PhD student in Writing and Cultural Studies
Dr Prakash Subedi, Monash University, Literary and Cultural Studies
Dr Tyne Daile Sumner, Australian National University, English
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Ms Moana-Kia Tagaloa, Western Sydney University, English
Mx Cher Tan, Meanjin Quarterly and LIMINAL, Writer & Editor
Mr Isaiah Tasi, UNSW, Creative Writing
Dr Sandra Thibodeaux, Charles Darwin University, Social Science and Creative Arts
Dr Claire Thomas, writer
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Ms Claudine Tinellis, Author, podcaster
Dr Maggie Tonkin, University of Adelaide, English
Ms Jill Toulantas, Retired teacher of English, English language and literacy
Miss Huyen Hac Tran, Western Sydney University, Literature and Creative Writing
Associate Professor Mandy Treagus, University of Adelaide, English, Creative Writing and Film
Ms Isabella Trimboli, Monash, Creative Writing
Dr Jason Tuckwell, Western Sydney University, English
Miss Asha Tukuitonga, Poetry
Professor Anthony Uhlmann, WSU, English, FAHA, NSW Representative of AUHE Executive
Dr Lucy Van, University of Melbourne, English and Theatre Studies
Dr Zala Volcic, Media Studies
Researcher Jodi Vial, University of Newcastle, English (Creative Writing)
Professor Ann Vickery, Deakin University, Writing, Literature and Culture
Dr Dzenana Vucic, writing and editing
Ms Mahin Wahla, Monash University, Literature and Cultural Studies
Dr Yvette Walker, Writer
Ms Donna Ward, Author, writer, advocate
Ms Marlee Jane Ward, Author
Dr Deborah Wardle, RMIT, Creative writing
Ms Toyah Webb, University of New South Wales, Poetry
Ms Miriam Webster, The University of Melbourne, Creative Writing
Mr Guy Webster, University of Melbourne, Literature
Dr Emma Whatman, Deakin University and The University of Melbourne, Writing, Literature & Culture; Gender Studies
Ms Terri-ann White, Upswell Publishing
Dr Jessica White, University of South Australia, Creative Writing and Literature
Ms Judith White, Writer
Dr Alice Whitmore, formerly Monash University, Translation studies
Ms Laura Wilcox, University of Melbourne, English, History
Associate Professor Ika Willis, University of Wollongong, English Literatures
Miss Sarah Wilson, University of Wollongong, Creative Writing/Communications
Dr Sonia Wilson, University of Sydney, French & International and Comparative Literature
Professor Jo Winning, Monash, English
Miss Ellie Winter, Western Sydney University, Humanities and Communication Arts
Dr Justin Wolfers, Western Sydney University, Writing and Society Research Centre
Dr Ian Woolford, La Trobe University, Languages and Cultures
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Ms Cecile Yazbek, Writer
Mx Sarah Yeung, University of Western Australia, English and Literary Studies
Ms Mekdes Yimam, RMIT, Professional Writing and Editing
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