Sumud Podcast

“I didn’t feel like a mistake in Palestine.” 🎙️Maysoon Zayid reflects on how her parents prepared her by insisting the family return to Falastin no matter the political situation.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @maysoonzayid

Maysoon Zayid says she no longer believes being funny, lovable, visible, or innocent protects Palestinians from violence or dehumanization. Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Author Mosab Abu Toha reads from his poem written in May 2021, offering haunting instructions for what a Gazan should do during an Israeli airstrike. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @mosababutoha.bsky.social

Author Mosab Abu Toha reflects on the Nakba of 1948 and asks what the world might have seen if Palestinians had social media then.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @mosababutoha.bsky.social

Author Mosab Abu Toha reflects on how a lifetime of trauma shaped his writing, memory, and imagination.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Author Ramsey Hanhan reflects on the Nakba, the Right of Return, and how watching Gaza unfold in real time changed his understanding of Palestinian history. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Ramsey Hanhan reflects on faith, power, and the prophets’ role in speaking truth to authority, arguing that today’s political and media systems reward obedience to “Washington speak” instead of moral courage. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

🎙️Author Ramsey Hanhan shares his advice to a young child in Ramallah: don’t give up, ever. For Palestinians, even dreaming becomes an act of survival 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

78 years ago today, 750,000 Palestinians were expelled during the Nakba (Palestinian Catastrophe in 1948). This is dedicated to the memory of those who were displaced, to those who were lost, and to the resistance that never stopped. We honor their struggle. We carry their story.

In this clip of the Sumud Podcast, Tariq Habash and Josh Paul discuss why political change requires pragmatic pressure, voter leverage, and creating the right incentives for politicians to move. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @tariqhabash_ | @anewpolicy

🎙️In this clip of the Sumud Podcast, Tareq Habash argues that Democrats are losing credibility by claiming progressive values while refusing to take a clear stand on Palestine. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

A New Policy co-founders Tariq Habash and Josh Paul explain how Palestine connects to education, immigration, public spending, and the broader fight over America’s priorities. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Rahma Zein reflects on journalism as a relationship between the journalist, themselves, and what they witness.  Sponsored by The Karate Attorney (@karateattorney). Visit KarateAttorney.com  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @zein_rahma

Rahma Zein reflects on her grandmother’s influence, remembering sunset conversations, prayer, humor, and the quiet rebellion of a woman who taught her what real power looks like. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Journalist Rahma Zein reflects on how American media and memorials can sanitize war, creating comforting stories that hide the realities of violence, occupation, and civilian suffering. Full episode on sumudpod.com  Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @watermelonpictures.bsky.social

Rami Abushhab reads a powerful letter to his future children about Palestinian identity, humanity, resilience, and the hope that the next generation will be seen fully, loved deeply, and free to dream. 🎬 Full episode > sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @ramiabushhab

Comedian/Actor Rami Abushhab reflects on being told early in his acting career to hide his identity and why he refused. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Comedian/Actor Rami Abushhab reflects on the privilege of pursuing dreams freely and the responsibility to turn that opportunity into purpose, impact, and inspiration for those who can’t. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

🎙️Amani Al-Khatahtbeh challenges the rise of “red pill” thinking among Muslim men, calling for a return to principled masculinity rooted in protection, leadership, and accountability. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh shuts down accusations about her platform’s integrity revealing she turned down seven-figure opportunities to stay aligned and standing on business as a Palestinian woman.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh shares the story of being personally invited by Maroon 5’s Adam Levine to appear in one of the most viewed music videos in the world, alongside Gal Gadot, and the controversy that followed. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

As we mark 100 episodes of the Sumud podcast,  We thank you, dear Sumud Family , for your support. Here’s to the next 100. Here’s to Sumud. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

Civil liberties attorney Jenin Younes unpacks a controversial legal and cultural tension: when does criticism of a country or ideology get treated as discrimination?  Visit KarateAttorney.com  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

Jenin Younes unpacks a controversial California law and its potential impact on free speech in schools.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @adcnational | @watermelonplusco

Civil liberties attorney Jenin Younes breaks down a controversial legal case involving protest, accusation, and the limits of discrimination law. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed explains why real change requires more than passion, it requires strategy.  Sponsored by The Karate Attorney (@karateattorney). 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @AbdulElSayed | @watermelonplusco

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed responds to criticism surrounding his decision to engage with controversial voices, pushing back on what he describes as deliberate misrepresentation and “platform policing.”  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @AbdulElSayed

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed challenges the priorities behind U.S. spending, questioning why massive resources are allocated to war while basic needs at home go unmet.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @AbdulElSayed

Annemarie Jacir reflects on the reality of historic Palestine as a place where Christian and Muslim communities lived side by side, not as a political message, but as an authentic fact of life.  🍿 Palestine '36 now playing in theaters! 🎬 Full podcast episode on Watermelon+ and SumudPod.com.

Director Annemarie Jacir unpacks a powerful scene that highlights how Palestinian Christians, and Eastern Christianity more broadly, have been misunderstood and dismissed through a Western lens. 🎬 Full podcast episode on Watermelon+ and SumudPod.com. 🍿 Palestine '36 now playing in theaters!

Director Annemarie Jacir reflects on a lesser-known part of Palestinian agricultural history, cotton farming, and how political restrictions transformed it into something forbidden.  🍿 Palestine '36 now playing in theaters! 🎬 Full podcast episode on Watermelon+ and SumudPod.com.

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi responds to confusion around political alliances, warning how influential figures can promote harmful ideologies even while appearing to challenge certain policies. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @ibramxk

Historian and author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi explains how “genocide theory” operates at both individual and state levels. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @ibramxk

“I can’t believe I asked my sister to do that.” Palestinian-American nurse and humanitarian volunteer Nurse Lana shares her firsthand experiences working inside Gaza during the war.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @Nurse_Lana

Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mohsen Mahdawi reflects on the systems shaping Israeli and Palestinian realities.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @mohsen.of.palestine

In this clip, Mohsen Mahdawi reflects on surviving what he describes as the cruelty of Israeli occupation and the healing he found through trauma therapy in the United States. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @mohsen.of.palestine

Dr. Lara Sheehi shares how a well-meaning therapist failed to grasp the racial and political realities at the core of her distress. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @psychoanalystactivist | @psychicmilitancypod

In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Rob Bliss responds to a pointed question: Why is a white man telling this story?  Rob’s documentary White Man Walking is now available on Apple TV, Amazon and more and streaming on Watermelon+. 🎬 Full episode on sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

Rob Bliss describes one of the most dangerous moments of his 1,500-mile walk, stranded on a rural highway as a man in a truck threatened to return with “something.”  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @robblissgr | @watermelonpictures | @watermelonplusco

🎙️ In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Rob Bliss recounts a tense confrontation with a man who threatened him after feeling provoked simply by his presence and the message on his shirt.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @robblissgr

In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Mo Hamzeh pushes back on the idea that advocacy should slow down because of a so-called “ceasefire.”  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Mo Hamzeh responds to a professional who regrets speaking out for Palestine after facing career consequences.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Mo Hamzeh answers a powerful question: What would he say to the United Nations today? His response is uncompromising.  Sponsored by The Karate Attorney (@karateattorney). 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

🎙️ In this clip, Chris Smalls exposes the brutal productivity system inside Amazon warehouses, comparing it to plantation-era labor models.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, labor organizer Chris Smalls recounts being invited to speak at the U.S. Senate, and refusing to conform to respectability politics to do it. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, labor organizer Chris Smalls reflects on the deep, often overlooked ties between Black liberation movements and the struggle for Palestine.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @DrEdHasan | @sumudpod

Rep. Rashida Tlaib reflects on why her very presence in Congress is treated as a threat, from submitting the names of the dead in Gaza, to wearing her grandfather’s kufiyah, to pushing for a Nakba Resolution.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod | @rashidatlaib

Rep. Rashida Tlaib explains why real political change has never started inside Congress, but is always forced by people organizing outside it.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Rep. Rashida Tlaib reflects on what it means to be a Palestinian woman standing alone on the floor of Congress while U.S. policy funds Israeli apartheid. Rashida Tlaib is a U.S. Congresswoman representing Michigan’s 12th Congressional District 📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Guy Christensen argues that oppressive systems inevitably produce resistance, and that power built on violence and impunity cannot sustain itself.  Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @guychristensen.bsky.social

In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Guy Christensen connects the uprooting of Palestinian olive trees to the extermination of American bison. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @guychristensen.bsky.social

🎙️ In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Guy Christensen reflects on expulsion, blacklisting, and the coordinated attempts to break him through fear and isolation.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

🎙️ In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Mother Agapia responds to claims by Christian Zionists that Israel has a religious right to exist. Mother Agapia Stephanopoulos is a Greek American Orthodox nun  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @motheragapia

In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Mother Agapia reflects on Christian Zionism, heresy, and Christ’s grief over Jerusalem. Mother Agapia Stephanopoulos is a Greek American Orthodox nun. 🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @motheragapia

In this clip from the Sumud Podcast, Mother Agapia delivers a blunt moral indictment of endless occupation, empty political promises, and Western complicity.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @motheragapia

Hani Almadhoun emphasizes civic responsibility, encouraging participation in local politics and leadership to amplify Palestinian voices.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  | @myhanitizer | @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social

Hani Almadhoun introduces the young people behind the Gaza Soup Kitchen documenting life under siege. Sponsored by The Karate Attorney and The School of Radical Imagination 🎬 Full episode on sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com  |  @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social

"Guess how many Palestinians were killed? Zero." 🎙️ Hani explains how the Gaza Soup Kitchen adapted to extreme shortages by sourcing food locally and scaling operations despite deliberate restrictions on aid.  🎬 Full episode on https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow @dredhasan | @sumudpod

Anthony Aguilar says international law protects people rather than states and that no country has an inherent right to exist, including Israel.  Sponsored by The Karate Attorney and The School of Radical Imagination. 🎬 Full episode on: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan | @sumudpod

"Why didn't you knock the guy out yourself?" Anthony Aguilar reflects on witnessing the shooting that killed Amir.  Sponsored by The Karate Attorney and The School of Radical Imagination. 🎬 Full episode on: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

"I never had to pull my trigger once." 🎙️ This week on the Sumud Podcast, we speak with retired US Army Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar about how a mission sold as humanitarian aid revealed a system of violence and control. 📲 Follow: @dredhasan | @sumudpod | https://sumudpod.com

Wafa Ghnaim says Palestinian dresses hold memory because they lived on people’s bodies and “bore witness” to life and trauma.  📚 Visit: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/publications https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @tatreezandtea.bsky.social  | @dredhasan.bsky.social  | @sumudpod.com

Wafa Ghnaim reminds us that tatreez and traditional dress long predate colonial narratives, expressing cultural continuity reaching back to the ancient world.  📚 Visit: https://sumudpod.com https://www.tatreezandtea.com/publications 📲 Follow: @tatreezandtea.bsky.social  | @dredhasan.bsky.social

🎙️ This week on the Sumud Podcast, we sit down with Wafa Ghnaim to explore tatreez, ancient fashion, and cultural heritage across generations. 📚 Visit: sumudpod.com www.tatreezandtea.com/publications 📲 Follow: @tatreezandtea.bsky.social | @dredhasan.bsky.social | @sumudpod.com

For humanitarian and activist Hazami Barmada, identity isn’t to be softened, it’s to be worn. Reclaiming her Palestinian pride without apology, she turns visibility itself into resistance. 🎬 Full episode on: https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow: @hazami | @dredhasan | @sumudpod

For humanitarian and activist Hazami Barmada, faith and truth are inseparable. Asked why she can’t “just be normal,” she answers with conviction: showing up is her duty.  🎬 Full episode on: https://sumudpod.com  📲 Follow: @hazami | @dredhasan | @sumudpod

In this clip, Humanitarian and activist Hazami Barmada turns rage into radical love, confronting power, motherhood, and faith head-on. 🎬 Full episode on: sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

In this clip, chef Sami Tamimi reflects on how even cuisine has been stripped from Palestinians, calling food “the last thing we realized was taken from us.”  🎬 Full episode on Sumud Podcast: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

In this clip, chef and author Sami Tamimi unpacks the myth of “Israeli food,” calling out the appropriation of Palestinian dishes. Sponsored by: KarateAttorney.com RadicalImagination.school 🎬 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

When power only listens to profit, disruption becomes the only language it understands. 🎬 Full episode on Sumud Podcast: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social  📝 Read State of Siege: https://substack.com/@ahmadibsais

Over the past two years, law student and writer Ahmad Ibsais has used his blog State of Siege to amplify voices from Gaza, voices that remind us what resilience sounds like. 🎬 Full episode on Sumud Podcast: sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

This week on the Sumud Podcast, we’re joined by Ahmad Ibsais, a law student, writer, and poet whose work captures life, loss, and defiance under siege.  🎬 Full episode on Sumud Podcast: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

90% of the world’s countries have already taken a stand on the side of Palestinian human rights, on the side of ending genocide. 🎬Full episode on Sumud Podcast: https://sumudpod.com 📲Follow:  @craigmokhiber.bsky.social  📲Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

When the Security Council is paralyzed by vetoes, the world isn’t out of options. During two years of genocide, the U.S. has vetoed six ceasefire resolutions. But there is another path. Full episode on Sumud Podcast: https://sumudpod.com Follow:  @dredhasan.bsky.social  @craigmokhiber.bsky.social

🎙️ This week on the Sumud Podcast, we’re joined by Craig Mokhiber, Dr. Jill Stein, and Mark Elbourno to discuss Lifeline for Palestine.  Full episode: https://sumudpod.com Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social  @craigmokhiber.bsky.social

For Aymann, it's about asking the hard questions and showing the full complexity of a story so readers walk away realizing there’s more beneath the surface. Journalism, at its best, is about letting people speak for themselves. 🎥 Full episode: sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

“Even from afar, the pain is undeniable.” The work isn’t just about telling the story; it’s about collaboration, accountability, and ensuring every voice is honored amidst the chaos. 🎥 Full episode: sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

In his book, Aymann reflects on witnessing the suffering of Palestinian children Full episode: https://sumudpod.com Book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/becoming-baba-fatherhood-faith-and-finding-meaning-in-america-aymann-ismail/dd46efc949a7959e?ean=9780385549615 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

This week on the Sumud Podcast, we sit down with Aymann Ismail, journalist, storyteller, and father. A staff writer at Slate, the author of "Becoming Baba", and president of the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association. 🎥 Full episode: sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

When the University of Maryland tried to ban a student vigil on October 7, students fought back and won not only the right to hold the vigil but also a $100,000 settlement.  🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @palestinelegal.bsky.social  📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

“Repression is a sign of power.” After October 7, Dima received 1,000 requests for support. In 2024, that number doubled to 2,000. 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @palestinelegal.bsky.social  📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

This week on the Sumud Podcast, we are joined by Dima Khalidi, founder and director of Palestine Legal, a U.S.-based organization. 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @palestinelegal.bsky.social  📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

When words fail, music becomes the only language left. Ya Tal3een came from a place of hopelessness and pain, and it broke through one of the biggest writer’s blocks of Dana's career. 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

When someone told Dana that her original song, "Shu Ma Sar" (Whatever Happens), was being shared everywhere and giving people hope, she realized how much music can hold a space for healing.  🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

🎙️This week on the Sumud Podcast, recorded live at ADC’s ArabCon, we welcome Jordanian-Palestinian singer, songwriter, and producer Dana Salah. Known for blending traditional Palestinian folklore with global contemporary sounds. 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

“Trees are socialist, ask me how.”  The wisdom of Mother Trees: ancient giants whose roots stretch twice as deep as what we see above ground, quietly feeding and supporting the younger trees instead of hoarding for themselves.  🎥 Full episode: sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

“Identities meant to divide are still being held onto.”  Reflecting on the legacy of the Sykes–Picot Agreement, Britain and France quietly drew borders across the Arab world to weaken unity and secure colonial control.  🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

🎙️ This week on the Sumud Podcast, Dr. Rania Masri joins us to speak on liberation, land, and the interconnected struggles for justice. An environmental scientist and long-time activist. 🎥 Full episode on Sumud Podcast: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

"When I lived there from 2010 to 2012, it became undeniable: Israel has no desire for peace or Palestinian freedom. What I saw was apartheid.” 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

"Boycott Airbnb. It’s that simple." Every disconnected account takes money away from war crimes.  And it’s not just Airbnb. With the World Cup coming to the U.S., fans have power. Demand that FIFA and the U.S.  🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

🎙️ This week on the Sumud Podcast, we’re joined by Ashish Prashar, a political strategist and human rights activist who has advised Middle East peace envoys, UK politicians, and international bodies. 🎥 Full episode on Sumud Podcast: https://sumudpod.com 📲Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

"We’re so used to hearing numbers. But they weren’t statistics; they were people.” This is why Palestinians speak out even when degrees, careers, and getting arrested are at stake. Silence in the face of genocide is not an option. 🎥 Episode on: https://sumudpod.com 📲Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

Within seconds of the police rushing the encampment, Sereen was pepper-sprayed, slammed to the ground, and sent to the ER with head trauma. 🎥 Full episode on Sumud Podcast: https://sumudpod.com 📲Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

Universities want you to believe divestment is “impossible.” But student movements terrify them because they expose the truth: campuses are deeply tied to the same systems that fund war, ICE, and racist policing. 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

🎙️ This week on the Sumud Podcast, we’re joined by Sereen Haddad, a Palestinian student organizer who helped lead the VCU Gaza solidarity encampment before police violently dismantled it. 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

For Hannah, the heart of Homeland is a message to her younger self: Celebrate your history, your food Resist the pressure to erase what makes you different. Full episode: https://sumudpod.com Follow: @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social , @interlinkbooks.bsky.social  Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

Book events should be about joy and storytelling, never about safety plans. Hannah has had to walk through "What if someone shows up with a weapon?" 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social , @interlinkbooks.bsky.social  📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

Representation isn’t just about stories; it’s about survival. Their very existence signals a shift in publishing, challenging erasure with presence. 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social , @interlinkbooks.bsky.social  📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

This week on the Sumud Podcast, we’re joined by Hannah Moushabeck, a Palestinian American author, editor, and book marketer. 🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social , @interlinkbooks.bsky.social  📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social

"I asked my colleagues for one thing after October 7: Call your representatives. Demand a ceasefire." Instead of support, some responded with silence—or dismissal. David Zagoria told him, “This is not appropriate.”  🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our host: @dredhasan.bsky.social