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Penny Laprebendere's avatar

Made me cry and think about the poem written by Refaat Alaree before he was killed by Israeli airstrike-

If I must die, 

you must live 

to tell my story 

to sell my things 

to buy a piece of cloth 

and some strings, 

(make it white with a long tail) 

so that a child, somewhere in Gaza 

while looking heaven in the eye 

awaiting his dad who left in a blaze— 

and bid no one farewell 

not even to his flesh 

not even to himself— 

sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above 

and thinks for a moment an angel is there 

bringing back love 

If I must die 

let it bring hope 

let it be a tale

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I Shaheen's avatar

What a beautiful poem

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Penny Laprebendere's avatar

His last interview on Democracy Now! is heartbreaking.

There was a lot of online harassment from Bari Weiss which led Alareer to tweet, "If I get killed by Israeli bombs or my family is harmed, I blame Bari Weiss and her likes."

I would love it if Medhi had Bari on his show.

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