Dropping the Global H-Bomb

Graduating senior Deena Shakir delivers her Harvard Oration, “From Baghdad to Boston: Dropping the Global H-Bomb,” at Class Day 2008...

Graduating senior Deena Shakir delivers her Harvard Oration, “From Baghdad to Boston: Dropping the Global H-Bomb,” at Class Day 2008.

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