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Oct 2019
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Lebanon revolts! w/ Jana Nakhal

SINA RAHMANI (@URORIENTALIST)
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Jana Nakhal is an urban planner, Marxist feminist organizer, and member of the Central Committee of the Lebanese Communist Party. 

 

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