Martyrdom Inc Ep 2: Blood, Iron, and Fire

PreOccupation: A Not-So-Brief History of Palestine by Bassam

Nov 18, 202584:04Society & Culture

The years between 1948 and 1964 are often thought of as "the lost years", wherein a bewildered Palestinian people scrambled to pick up the pieces of their shattered world. This episode challenges this characteriz...

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