Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifi..., Jack G Shaheen

by Jack G. Shaheen

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• Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
• Year: 2012
• ISBN: 1566567521
• Condition: Good

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