Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s Imagining Palestine
Israeli-British historian Ilan Pappé argues that the agency and resilience of the Palestinians shines in "Imagining Palestine."
Israeli-British historian Ilan Pappé argues that the agency and resilience of the Palestinians shines in "Imagining Palestine."
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