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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Hezbollah

Despite Recent Media Coverage about Hezbollah’s Networks in West Africa, a Majority of Lebanese Shi‘a in Senegal Have Never Visited Lebanon

By Mara A. Leichtman  //  November 6, 2024November 6, 2024

The killing of Hezbollah’s top leader Hassan Nasrallah on September 27, following an Israeli airstrike against the southern suburbs of Beirut, has led to renewed media attention on the Lebanese diaspora in Africa. Lebanese began…

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