Palm to Palm: Love, Home, Family
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- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 11 min 23 sec
- Director
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Khaldoun H. Shami
- Producer
- Khaldoun H. Shami
- Editor
- Khaldoun H. Shami
- Singer
- Afrah Abbas
- Production Advisor
- Miche Montague
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