“It’s Disgraceful Going through All this for Being an Arab and Disabled”: Intersectional and Ecological Barriers for Arabs with Disabilities in Israel
By: Leena Badran, Hira Amin, Ayelet Gur and Michael Ashley Stein
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1002 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 212 - 228
Submitted on: Jan 21, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 27, 2023
Published on: Jul 21, 2023
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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