"As a Palestinian, You're Suffocated Into Silence" — Hamza on Finding His Voice

Talk With A Courageous Heart · Jul 31, 2026 · 28m

What happens when you feel like you have to hide who you really are?In this episode of Talk With A Courageous Heart, I sit down with Hamza, a Palestinian-Kiwi pharmacy student at the University of Otago to talk about the mental barriers that keep us silent.Hamza opens up about navigating university as a minority student, the quiet pressure to keep a low profile as a Palestinian, and how something as simple as saying "inshallah" became something he felt he had to hold back. He shares how reaching out to the Muslim University Student Association (MUSA) changed everything and why the biggest…