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Center for Strategic and International Studies: Kristin Smith Diwan presented a lecture on sports and national identity in the Gulf at CSIS as part of its journalism bootcamp with students from Ionian University.

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Center for Strategic and International Studies: Kristin Smith Diwan presented a lecture on sports and national identity in the Gulf at CSIS as part of its journalism bootcamp with students from Ionian University.

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