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Aug 2020
11m 2s

Beirut Explosion

Real Arabic
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This episode is about the explosion that destroyed a significant part of Beirut on August 4th. If you want to donate to support people struggling in Lebanon, we recommend supporting 26 Letters who do incredible work with Syrian refugees in Beirut, or the Lebanese Red Cross who function as Lebanon's ambulance service.   For transcripts and translation go to h ... Show More
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