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Kim Ghattas on her book, 'The Best Kind of American' about the murder of Malcolm Kerr

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published October 10, 2026 at 7:40 AM EDT

In 1984, the president of American University of Beirut was shot to death on campus. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Kim Ghattas about her new book about the unsolved case, "The Best Kind of American."

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