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Layla Elabed is leading a movement that has brought the issue of US accountability for Palestinian human rights to the political forefront in a way that hasn’t been seen previously. As co-chair of the uncommitted movement, which reached more than 101,000 votes in the Democratic primary of her state of Michigan, home to one of the highest concentrations of Arabs and Muslims in the US, she has helped give voice to a community that have for decades largely felt like they were not heard by the political elite. This week, as she attends the Democratic convention in Chicago, she is navigating the ba…

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