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Syria's Alawi Population
Syria's Alawi Population
Featuring:
Jocelyne Cesari
July 30, 2012
Jocelyn Cesari explains how the Alawi minority fits within Shi'a Islam and why the group gained power with the creation of the Syrian nation-state.
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