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Oct 12, 2021

Palestine social media — Palestinian poet and writer Muhammad el-Kurd, who publicized the loss of his home on social media, stands in front of banners in the annexed east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on June 2, 2021. The Arabic slogan reads: "The right to a home is a sacred right." The story went viral online after protests flared against the planned expulsion of Palestinians from houses there. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

Arab Idol Winner (2012) Mohammed Assaf conducts interviews for The Idol co financed by the Doha Film Institute on day 2 of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015 on November 30, 2015 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

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