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Latest update about #Refaat according to his family.

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@YousefAljamal

Latest update about #Refaat according to his family. Refaat was killed in a surgical strike on Dec 6 by sunset, his wife and kids knew about his killing the next day. Neighbors rushed to the house and found most people killed inside torn into pieces.

The neighbor who buried them said there was a person whose description met that of #Refaat whose body was complete. He buried them at a nearby clinic. He said he will show them the graves after the end of the war.

Refaat Rafiq Alareer 23.09.1979 – 06.12.2023 رفعت رفيق العرعير

🥀الله يرحمك وتقر عينك في العلياء بانتصار رجال الشجاعية وغزة التي تحب🥀

A voice memo from Refaat

Written by naturesong

December 15, 2023 at 13:53

Let It Be A Tail

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If I must die
A poem by
Refaat Alareer

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
If I must die A poem by Refaat Alareer

KITES

#LetItBeATale 

My sister @ZeidaniYufanyi
 just sent me a picture from #Berlin.

Refaat loved her poetry, helped her publish one of her poems, and always asked whether she had written more.
Berlin 10 December 2023, From Mai Zeidani

London 9 Dec 2023, From Ronnie Barkan
London 9 Dec 2023, From Ronnie Barkan
16.12.2023 Salvador Bahia

Written by naturesong

December 15, 2023 at 10:22