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'Dark comedy': Rahma Zein on media framing of US student protests

“If over 30,000 British citizens were killed, would the same justifications be happening? I bet you not.”

We spoke with Egyptian activist and podcaster Rahma Zein, who explained why her experience with western media is ‘unhinged’. She also recounted what she saw at the UCLA Gaza solidarity student protests, and what it was like to witness Israel’s bombing of Gaza from the Rafah crossing.

Filmed: 10 May 2024
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