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Kim Ghattas chronicles murder of Malcolm Kerr in new book
Original: Kim Ghattas on her book, 'The Best Kind of American' about the murder of Malcolm Kerr
Journalist and author Kim Ghattas has published 'The Best Kind of American', a book examining the 1984 murder of American University of Beirut president Malcolm Kerr, who was her professor and a family friend. The book revisits the killing during Lebanon's civil war and reflects on Ghattas's own ties to Beirut and the United States, drawing renewed attention to the case.
Why now: The book is newly published and its NPR interview is drawing attention to a decades-old killing in Beirut.
Kim GhattasMalcolm KerrAmerican University of BeirutNPR
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