Islanders in Sanday are welcoming all who wish to join them in a Peace Vigil calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Saturday 13th July from 1 to 2pm.

The event will include the flying of kites on the beach at the Cata Sands.

If I Must Die by  Refaat Alareer

translated by D. P. Snyder

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 story.