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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Nineteen years ago, Palestinians everywhere learned the name of Rachel Corrie. The 23-year-old American solidarity activist was already known by the residents of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, with whom she had spent her last days. But she became national news in the Palestinian territories, during the second year of the second Intifada. Rachel Corrie died, crushed under the weight of an Israeli military bulldozer. She was trying to stop the 80,000-pound machine from demolishing Palestinian homes along the Egyptian border. Her death was an unusual story for international media, who often repo…