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Sep 2024
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23. Mariam Barghouti on Being a Palestin...

Edgar Mannheimer
About this episode

We are delighted to announce the first episode in our 13 part series from Ramallah on the occupied West Bank.

Today's guest is an icon of Palestinian journalism and advocacy, Mariam Barghouti.

In this episode, Mariam speaks about the hypocrisy of Western media, the pain she feels in reporting on resistance fighters and about being targeted herself by the Israeli military.

This episode is video recorded and available on YouTube, youtube.com/@KalamPodcast972

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