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Aug 2021
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Season Finale - The Peasant Revolt

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About this episode

Between 1831 and 1840, Palestine fell into the hands of Mohammed Ali Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt.

During his reign, the first spark of Palestinian peoplehood emerged.

In the season finale, we travel to the moment where the Palestinian people were born.

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