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All We Want in Gaza Is to Live All We Want in Gaza Is to Live
We don’t want condolences or speeches. We want to be treated like human beings, and we want less trauma in our lives.
Jonathan Lethem Returns to the Scene of the Crime Jonathan Lethem Returns to the Scene of the Crime
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Hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters from Cincinnati, Ohio, gathered in Ziegler Park. “My city no longer exists. My village is no longer there.”
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The Cinema of Societal Collapse The Cinema of Societal Collapse
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