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arTIclES
Opera COndemns
War: JOhn ad-
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Of KlinghOffer
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By: HitHam Sulei-man al BuSaiditranSlated By:maSHail al Hajri
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TraNSlaTEd By: KHadIja moHammEd al-BUSaIdI
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Piig b:
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tHe Film COver OF tHe deatH OF KlingHOFFer (2002)
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