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I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad Mekhennet
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cut to the question that was foremost in my mind. “Why are Sunnis and Shia still accusing and killing each other over things that happened hundreds of years ago?” I asked. “Politics,” he whispered, and smiled.
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