Brian Cox reads IF I MUST DIE, the last poem by Refaat Alareer, killed by an Israeli airstrike

Ron Chapman

Dec 29, 2023

Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer. Refaat was killed on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike. This was the last poem he published.

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if I must die by rat alar November the 1st

2023 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 Ablaze and bid no one

RIP Refaat in Gaza: Refaat received a phone call from the Israeli intelligence about locating him in the school where he took refuge. They informed him that they were going to kill him.

Ron Chapman

December 9, 2023

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/12/rip-refaat-in-gaza.html#more Sad news: Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2 - 19:52 UTC · Dec 7, 2023 Israel killed Prof. Refaat al-Areer, one of Gaza's most prominent writers, poets & activists who spent his life trying to get Gaza's voice to the outside world.

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RIP Refaat in Gaza: Refaat received a phone call from the Israeli intelligence about locating him in the school where he took refuge. They informed him that they were going to kill him.

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Brian Cox reads IF I MUST DIE, the last poem by Refaat Alareer, killed by an Israeli airstrike

Dec 13, 2023

Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer. Refaat was killed on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike. This was the last poem he published.

Transcript

if I must die by rat alar November the 1st

2023 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 Ablaze and bid no one

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RIP Refaat in Gaza: Refaat received a phone call from the Israeli intelligence about locating him in the school where he took refuge. They informed him that they were going to kill him.

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