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Jan 2024
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"To think about Palestine is to be human...

Makdisi Bros.
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The brothers provide an assessment of where things stand after 100 days of Israel's war on Gaza, the horror being suffered by the people in Gaza, as well as the forms that resistance takes and the paths toward an outline of liberation.

Date of recording: Jan 16, 2024.

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