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Mar 2025
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No Other Land, Clashes in Syria and Rama...

Edgar Mannheimer
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In this week's Kalam Digest, Edgar, Sam and Nora discuss the Israeli-Palestinian documentary "No Other Land" winning an Oscar, the violent clashes in Syria as well as Ramadan in war-torn Gaza.

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