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May 2016
21m 48s

Love in 56KB

Kerning Cultures Network
About this episode

An epic modern love story. He was in Beirut during the Lebanon-Israel war; she was in a small village outside of Rotterdam. They met on MSN Messenger.

Produced by Alex Atack, Razan Alzayani, and Hebah Fisher, with sound design by Ramzi Bashour. Kerning Cultures is a Kerning Cultures Network production.

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