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Author: Judy El Bushra

Judy El Bushra

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    By Judy El Bushra
    January 10, 2009
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    ‘Civilians’–the Politics of the Word

    I am writing this review during the Israeli attacks on Gaza of December 2008/January 2009, a war in which civilians are being used as punch-balls in ...
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