In the month before his death, the Palestinian poet and academic, Refaat Alareer, shared a poem he wrote, entitled “If I Must Die.” An Israeli airstrike later killed him alongside his family in Gaza. As the death toll reaches 21,000 people, many in Gaza have left all kinds of final messages — both publicly and to loved ones — to tell them what they would want to be known for in the event of their death. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren reports.
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