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Items by Prof. Musa Al-Halool
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Of braids and Moustaches: Weaponizing hair in post-Assad Syrian conflicts
Legend has it that Jabr and Jabreen were two brothers from the tribe of Zabeed who lived near Tayma, in present-day Saudi Arabia. Jabr, the younger brother, had fathered many sons and thus claimed the right to chieftaincy over his elder brother Jabreen, who had only daughters. Lacking the male…