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The sociologist and women’s rights activist was born in Italy to Jordanian and Palestinian parents.
From: Al Jazeera World
Arabs Abroad: The Businesswoman and the Councillor
Meet a successful Iraqi pharmacist in the Netherlands and a Palestinian who is Milan’s first Muslim female councillor.
18 Sep 2019
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