Ep 129: Writing is Resistance – with Dr Yousef Aljamal
Sarah is joined by Dr Yousef Aljamal on his visit to Ireland as Gaza co-ordinator at the American Friends Service Committee. This discussion focuses on writing as a form of resistance from the perspective of a Palestinian growing up in Gaza at the hands of Israeli apartheid and oppression. Dr Aljamal, in a candid conversation, shares how the genocide and decades of aggression impacted his family, friends and neighbours, focusing in particular on his mentor, colleague and friend – renowned Gaza poet – Refaat Alareer, author of ‘If I must Die.’
Yousef is a Palestinian writer, translator, and a…
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