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Poverty in Saudi Arabia

By Feras Bugnah (Posted Oct 19, 2011)

Inequality, MediaSaudi ArabiaNews

 

Feras Bugnah is a filmmaker in Saudi Arabia.  Cf. Carlos Latuff, “Free Feras Bugnah, Filmmaker Arrested for Exposing Poverty in KSA” (MRZine, 18 October 2011).



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