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Monika Borgmann stands beside a memorial to her murdered husband Lokman Slim (photo: Lea Bartels)

The legacy of Lebanon's Lokman Slim

"His work lives on in all of us"

German filmmaker Monika Borgmann, widow of slain Lebanese activist Lokman Slim, is continuing the work they began together in Lebanon. By Lea BartelsMore

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