Symbolic 9/11 Pen Handed to Al-Qaeda Lawyer

The 48-year-old Kassem, who founded a legal clinic at CUNY that offers free legal representation to Muslims, also defended Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia who was detained by ICE.

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Symbolic 9/11 Pen Handed to Al-Qaeda Lawyer

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