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Yemeni Bodega Owners Protest the New York Post

04.16.2019 - By WNYCPlay

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Last week, the New York Post published a cover with a photo of the World Trade Center in flames and a quote from Rep. Ilham Omar, who is Muslim. Debbie Almontaser, co-founder and secretary of the board of directors for the Yemeni American Merchants Association, and Youssef Mubarez, its director of public relations, talk about why the cover led Yemeni bodega owners that they work with to boycott selling the Post.

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