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- ↑ Profile on IPAF website Archived 2012-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Raba'i al Madhoun — internationales literaturfestival berlin".
- ↑ Profile on EAFL website [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Palestine — building a state of art without land". Gulf News. 30 April 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
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