Commonsense on Syria Session 7 with Tima Kurdi and Syria Page Co-Editor Omar Dahi

Commonsense on Syria Session 7 with Tima Kurdi and Syria Page Co-Editor Omar Dahi

By : Jadaliyya Reports

This video is part of the Commonsense on Syria series providing the opportunity for a broad audience to engage with incisive analysis and important perspectives about Syria and U.S. “regime-change” wars. This session, featuring Jadaliyya co-editor Omar Dahi and Tima Kurdi, author of The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home, discusses internally and externally displaced Syrians.

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