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“July 2007 Baghdad airstrike”
Antonia: The terrorists were used within the rhetoric of Habiba: of the western … Omar: In the 1990s… Egypt had some Habiba: Yea, in the 1990s, you had some terrorism. In 1994, in Luxor.
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Habiba: Speaking of deeply, I hear, not that I have actually researched it, there is a lot of controversy around the ‘deep state’. I heard people debate about it. I was wondering if that
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Maha: ‘Propaganda’ is another word. I struggle with that in culture sometimes. Whom am I to label when something is propaganda or not. Sometimes I used it more specifically in regards to anything state-produced,
Read More »There is something to be said about occupying time
Naira: Revolution is a process but in language you refer to it as an event. If you refer to the 18 days as revolution in the past tense, “when the revolution happened”, and “after
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Adelita: So you mentioned depression, would you be closer to depression or disillusion? I have the two definitions here, I will read them out, ‘depression’ is: a severe despondency in the INAUDIBLE WORD 6:28
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Adelita: ‘Coup’ was going to be another word we were going to discuss. Antonia: Because coup could still be a change in the system, but not supported by the population, right? Adelita: Should we
Read More »“A growing interest and love for the Arabic language in influential circles”
Habiba: ‘Arab spring’. Jesus. Antonia: Illusion? Lina: I don’t understand, we don’t have spring in the first place. [Laughter] [Everyone talking at once.] Maha: Like what is it? Habiba: No, I think Arab Spring
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