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Jan 2024
23m 40s

4. Sanity or Humanity

Ayman Makarem
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"These tears make us different from our enemy." - Wael Al-Dahdouh, Palestinian Journalist

Staying sane in this cruel and absurd world is becoming an impossibility. The only choice we have left is maintaining our humanity. I talk about this along with other things.



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