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She Wore White and Carried Hand Grenades: Leila Khaled


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In April of 1948 Leila Khaled and her family fled their home of Haifa, Palestine to take refuge in Lebanon. The massacre they escaped was the start of a decades long conflict. Twenty one years after that life changing event Leila would take part in a daring and dangerous act that no one suspected, and shed light on a nation of people looking for a voice.

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Sources:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/9k99k7/leila-khaled-first-female-hijacker-profile\https://youtu.be/EkyWoXE2eVQ?si=k2L5rUmCRVc1E4Ap

https://www.prb.org/resources/the-west-bank-and-gaza-a-population-profile/https://www.britannica.com/place/Palestine

https://www.britannica.com/event/Arab-Israeli-wars
https://www.britannica.com/topic/two-state-solution
https://www.unrwa.org/palestine-refugees
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/07/middleeast/sirens-israel-rocket-attack-gaza-intl-hnk/index.html
https://time.com/wissam-nassar-at-home-in-gaza/?fbclid=PAAabQJZMIQHDMX7UcisqoregcVZdH8s0gIgLdSBIKJMygM4c6uoz16RPzZBc


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