Refaat wrote extensively about a range of topics: teaching Shakespeare and the way Shylock could be appreciated by young Palestinian students
let Palestine be left alone
Dark Laboratory becomes a record of the violence that continues to shape the Caribbean today
When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer
where the currents of memory
Sula Non-Classifiable Refaat wrote extensively about aSula and Nel are born in the Bottom a small town at the top of a hill. Sula is wild, and daring; she does what she wants, while Nel is well mannered, a mamma's girl with a questioning heart. Growing up they forge a bond stronger than anything, stronger even than the dark secret they have to bear. Strong enough, it seems, to last a lifetime until, decades later, as the girls become women, Sula's anarchy leads to a betrayal that may be beyond