Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Editors Note: Samah went to great lengths to record this PalCast and as a result the audio is variable, but it is a must listen Samah Zaqout is a Palestinian graduate of English Literature, who’s studying was ended by the brutal Israeli military ‘campaign’ in Gaza. She endured displacement, starvation and loss for 15 months. […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Content Warning: This podcast contains subjects that some listeners may find disturbing. In this PalCast host Yousef Aljamal and producer Tony Groves talk with Dr Khaled Alser- who is a surgeon in Nasser Hospital, Gaza and who had been abducted by Israeli soldiers in March, 2024 and was finally released from his unlawful detainment on […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack.com In this PalCast – One World, One Struggle, Yousef and producer Tony are joined from Gaza City by lecturer, researcher and educator, Dr Ahmed Junina. Ahmed talks about his and his family’s decision not to join the displaced during the Israeli brutal campaign on Gaza. He describes the challenges they faced and talks passionately about […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this very special PalCast – One World, One Struggle episode, Yousef and Tony are joined by educator, academic (from a longline of Palestinian educators and academics) , Dr Ahmed Nehad, who has a PhD in Sustainable Development. Ahmed, who is working with others in planning the reconstruction of the Gazan education system, was a […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Rajeh Al-Kahloot is a Gazan medical student who is currently in Istanbul. His medical studies were disturbed by the genocide when his parents lost their home and businesses. Now, so close to completion, he is forced to look for support himself to survive. Rajeh will return back to Gaza to contribute to his community when […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast episode BAFTA and Emmy award winning filmmaker, Yousef Hammash joins us to discuss his work during the genocide in Gaza, the role of storytelling in informing the world and how, on the day that Dr Refaat Alareer’s body was given a proper burial, the Palestinian people will persevere despite the absolute madness […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast, Yousef and Tony are joined by special guest, Gazan Political Analyst and Advocate, Muhammad Shehada. They discuss the return of over a million people to their destroyed homes in the north of Gaza, Trumps plan for ethnic cleansing, the arrest of Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and yes, even the ridiculous “condoms for […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast, host Helena Cobban and producer Tony Groves turn the tables on new father (congratulations) and PalCast’s resident expert, Yousef Aljamal by asking him to explain what is happening since the ceasefire was agreed, what it means on the ground and what Gaza needs now from the international community. We also talk about […]