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Mohsen Mahdawi on his Abduction

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Beinart hosts a discussion with Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian-American who was reportedly abducted by the Trump administration due to his activism at Columbia University. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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West BankTrump AdministrationActivismAbductionColumbia UniversityDetentionPalestinian AmericanPolitical RetaliationMohsen MahdawiPersonal Rights

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Palestinian Territories
"Well talk about his childhood in the West Bank, his experience at Columbia, his detention, and what hes learned from the experience."
New York City, New York, United States
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