Those are the words of a Palestinian poet killed by an airstrike in Gaza. I saw them printed on a small white kite on the Palestinian flag carried by a man at the pro-Palestinian rally in Cork today. The rally was organised by the Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Last week another poet, Refaat Alareer, was killed by an airstrike. Alareer was a professor of English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he taught Shakespeare, among other subjects. One of his latest works widely shared, again on X, concludes with the words: “If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2023.
The rally today was the biggest I’ve seen so far, and The Echo Live estimated about 1,000 people took part.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 75mm |
| ISO | 1600 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
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