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Et voilà qu’un ministre nous ordonne de nous taire

on October 09, 2019

Environment Français Liban Liberté d'expression

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Mashrou’ Leila, journal d’une polémique

on August 01, 2019

Culture Français Liban Liberté d'expression Mashrou' Leila Opinion

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Non, ce dessin de Charlie Hebdo n’est pas raciste

on May 25, 2018

Charlie Hebdo Français France Islamophobie Liberté d'expression Opinion Racisme

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La nouvelle Inquisition et les moukhabarat parisianistes

on March 01, 2018

Français France Liban Liberté d'expression Syrie

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Liberticide, j’écris ton nom

on January 27, 2018

Français Liban Liberté d'expression Opinion

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Pour la France hollandiste, Erdogan est moins dangereux que Fernandel

on March 13, 2017

Erdogan Français France Jean-Marc Ayrault Liberté d'expression Opinion

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Le nouveau président et la liberté d’expression

on November 01, 2016

Français Liban Liberté d'expression Michel Aoun

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Raif Badawi : L’appel à l’aide émouvant d’Ensaf Haidar

on June 26, 2015

Amnesty International Arabie Saoudite Français Liberté d'expression Raif Badawi Torture

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Claude El Khal

Writer. Filmmaker. Communication Strategist. Content & Digital Creator. Former aspiring Comedian. Occasional Cartoonist. I write in English with a slight French accent and in French with a Lebanese inflection.

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