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Ode to a Homeland

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Culture
June 17, 2026

“Ode to a Homeland” by Palestinian artist Wadei Khaled

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.