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Jul 20
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Death and Life with Dr Kamal Abu Zahra

MUHAMMAD JALAL
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Death is a subject we rarely talk about but its realities meet us every day. How should we conceptualise this inevitability and what impact will it have on our lives? We talk with Dr Kamal Abu Zahra, a scholar and teacher who explains why death matters.


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