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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
For the first time, a lot of these people are seeing what is going on in the rest of the world, and they want to be treated like citizens, not subjects.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins discusses the aspirations of youth in the Middle East for citizenship rights.

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