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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
A fatal school-bus crash becomes a close account of Palestinian lives constrained by occupation and bureaucracy.
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