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May 2021
1h 11m

A third Intifada? w/ Saree Makdisi

SINA RAHMANI (@URORIENTALIST)
About this episode

My teacher and comrade Saree Makdisi (@sareemakdisi) returns to the podcast to talk about the rapid transformation in the Palestine liberation struggle. 

Check out his recent article, "The Nakba is Now"

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