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Actors read poem by political prisoner Alaa Abdel Fattah for his son

Gofran Sawalha
Published date: 19 June 2022 18:56 UTC | Last update: 9 months ago
To mark Father’s Day, celebrities read an extract from a poem written by Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abdel Fattah for his son, Khaled, when he first met him.

Khaled is now 10 years old while his father remains in prison and on hunger strike.
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