Gene Sharp needed an assistant to oversee the translation of his books about civil resistance, so he hired a 20-year old refugee from Afghanistan who believed that war was sometimes necessary. She soon changed her mind and works now to promote alternative ways of fighting.

https://youtu.be/ltX1zNlnk64    (Video version 19 Nov. 2018)

• Jamila Raqib, Director of Albert Einstein Institution, in conversation with the host, Metta Spencer.

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