Family of disappeared journalist unveil song to mark second anniversary
Unveiling the song, Rilwan’s sister Mariyam Shehenaz said: “I wrote the words to an old Hindi song, one that we used to listen together, our heads together, the ear phones shared between our ears.”
08 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
The family of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan marked the second anniversary of his disappearance with a song about their sense of loss and grief.
Unveiling the song, titled “How we miss you,” Rilwan’s sister Mariyam Shehenaz said at the artificial beach today: “I wrote the verses to an old Hindi song, one that both of us used to listen to, our heads together, sharing a pair of ear phones between the two of us.”
It opens with President Abdulla Yameen’s public refusal in 2014 to comment on Rilwan’s disappearance.
The first verses say: “How we miss you, we continue to count the days in grief. This is our prayer, we so long to have you back.”
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