Mustafa Aldabbas
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Mustafa Aldabbas
A Syrian journalist in Berlin
I report and write about Syria, media, migration, queer identity, culture and memory. My work has appeared in Al-Modon, Daraj, Der Tagesspiegel, Rozana and Raseef22.
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