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If Sha’ban al-Dalou was Ukrainian, footage of him being burned alive while attached to an IV drip in a displacement camp would cause global outrage — it may even end the war. But because Sha’ban is Palestinian, such apocalyptic, shameful images are not only absent from Western media but actively covered up. If they won’t memorialise him, I will. Sha’ban was a giant: he was a dreamer and a scholar, he was a software engineer extraordinaire and a linguaphile with dreams of studying in Germany. He even memorised the entire Quran. Gaza has tens of thousands of Sha’bans but I’d be lying if I said S…