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May 2024
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The Student Intifada on US Campuses with...

Al-shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
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Samer Alatout, Al-Shabaka policy analyst and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, joins host Yara Hawari to speak about his experience at a student encampment, where he was assaulted and detained by police. Alatout also touches on the overall significance of the student uprising in the US against the genocide in Gaza.


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