Sep 11, 202640 minS1
In this episode of The Enlightenment Podcast, we speak with Dima AbuSbaitan, Palestinian filmmaker, artist, and founder of Casa Palestina, the first Palestinian cultural house in Portugal.Born to a Palestinian family...
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The Enlightenment Podcast
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Filmmakers and creatives talking about the stories that matter to us - starting with Palestine...We believe in social impact, humanism, and hope.
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What is The Enlightenment Podcast about?
Filmmakers and creatives talking about the stories that matter to us - starting with Palestine...We believe in social impact, humanism, and hope.
What has The Enlightenment Podcast covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Casa Palestina: Building a Palestinian Home in Exile | Dima Akram | Ep 85" (11 September 2026, 40 minutes), "The Greater Israel Plan, Gaza & the Lebanon Pager Attacks | Dr. Marwa Osman | Ep 84" (28 August 2026, 81 minutes), and "Genocide as a Service: How Banking & Big Tech Profit From Gaza | Simon Dixon | Ep 83" (21 August 2026, 155 minutes).
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The Enlightenment Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 65 minutes across 85 episodes.
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Recent episodes
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Aug 28, 20261h 21mS1Journalist and academic Dr. Marwa Osman (Lebanese International University, Al-Ma'arif University, MidEast Stream) joins Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan for a raw conversation on the Gaza genocide, the war on Lebanon, and...
Aug 21, 20262h 35mS1Simon Dixon , former British investment banker and Bitcoin OG, breaks down how the global financial system doesn't just fund the genocide in Gaza, it profits from it. In Episode 83 of The Enlightenment Podcast , Shamim...
Aug 7, 202656 minFrancesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory, joins Shamim and Hanan on Episode 82 of The Enlightenment Podcast for a powerful conversation...
Jul 10, 202638 minFor decades, Palestine has been erased—not only from maps, but from history itself. In Episode 81 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan are joined by Carol Hage, a Palestinian-Christian...
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Jul 3, 20261h 7mIn Episode 80 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and Hanan are joined by Hala Sabbah—a London-based Palestinian of Gazan origin and co-founder of The Sameer Project, alongside Lena Dajani and Translating Falasteen...
Episode #76
The Cost of Speaking for Palestine: Academic Freedom & Decolonization | Ep 79 - Randa Abdel-Fattah
Jun 27, 202647 minWhat happens when speaking out for Palestine makes you a target? In Episode 79 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and Hanan are joined by Randa Abdel-Fattah—Palestinian-Australian writer, sociologist, lawyer, Future...
Episode #78
Christ in the Rubble: Munther Isaac on Gaza, Christian Zionism & Palestinian Christians | Ep 78
Jun 20, 20261h 4mWhat does it mean to be a Palestinian Christian living under occupation? How has Christian Zionism shaped Western support for Israel? And why did Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac's sermon Christ in the Rubble resonate with...
Jun 12, 20261h 8mNoura Erakat joins Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan on Episode 77 of The Enlightenment Podcast. A Palestinian-American human rights lawyer, Rutgers University professor, author of Justice for Some, and co-author of...
May 29, 20261h 1mSteve Cutts, CEO of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), joins Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan in Episode 76 of The Enlightenment Podcast to discuss why MAP refused Israel’s demand to hand over the names of its Palestinian...
May 15, 202651 minS1In Episode 75 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and Hanan are joined by Dr. Ahmed Massoud, a Palestinian consultant pediatrician, endocrinologist, and chairman of the Hanoon Foundation, a British charity that has...
May 2, 20261h 3mIn Episode 74 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and Hanan are joined by Professor Nick Maynard, Consultant Upper GI Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals, and one of the most important medical voices speaking out on...
Apr 20, 20261h 22mS1In Episode 73 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and Hanan are joined by Professor Ilan Pappé, one of the world’s most important and controversial Israeli historians, whose work has fundamentally reshaped global...
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Jamal Kanj on Palestinian Refugee Camps, Historical Fabrications & Exile | Ep 78
Apr 3, 20261h 10mIn Episode 72 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and Hanan are joined by Jamal Kanj, a Palestinian-American author, political commentator, and one of the most widely read columnists writing today on Palestinian...
Mar 18, 202636 minS1In Episode 71 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and Hanan are delighted to be joined by Billy Howle, the acclaimed British actor whose work spans film, television, and theatre. Audiences know Billy from projects such...
Mar 6, 20261h 14mS1In Episode 70 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and Hanan are joined by Peter Oborne, one of Britain’s most respected political journalists and the author of Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza...
Feb 14, 202629 minS1“From Palestinian independent cinema to Hollywood blockbusters, she has carried Palestine with her onto every screen—never compromising, never erasing who she is.” In Episode 69 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and...
Feb 6, 20261h 1mS1“She’s known to many as the co-founder of The Enlightenment Podcast, but Hanan Kattan is so much more—a visionary entrepreneur, award-winning film producer, and cultural advocate reclaiming Palestinian identity through...
Episode #67
How Cherien Dabis ‘All That’s Left of You’ Became a Cinematic Chronicle of Palestine | Ep 67
Jan 31, 20261h 9mS1In Episode 67 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Hanan and Shamim are honored to be joined by Cherien Dabis, the Emmy-nominated Palestinian-American filmmaker, writer, and actress whose work has reshaped how Palestinian...
Jan 9, 20261h 30mS1“She helped run one of the most transformative political campaigns in modern U.S. history—and then turned her attention to a different battlefield: culture. From Capitol Hill to Hollywood, she is helping reshape how...
Recent guests
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Simon Dixon
The Sir Bernard Pares Professor of Russian History at University College London, Royal Society for Public Health
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Francesca Albanese
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah
Coming of Age in the War on Terror
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Noura Erakat
Palestinian-American activist, academic, and author, Rutgers University Newark
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