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Hosted by shamimsarif · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 82 episodes
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shamimsarif hosts The Enlightenment Podcast, a news show with 82 episodes published.
Francesca 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 about
For 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 storyteller,
In 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. Aft
What 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 Fe
What 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 million
Noura 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 Confront
Steve 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
In 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 spen
In 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
In 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 unders
In 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 liberat
In 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
In 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 . Pete
“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 H
“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 a
In 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 stori
“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 Pale
“She picked up a paintbrush at fourteen, inside a besieged strip of land the world prefers to see only through rubble and statistics. What emerged instead were explosions of colour—women, nature, memory, and life—painted
“In July 2025, two Israeli soldiers were dancing at a music festival in Belgium. Hours later, they were in handcuffs—being questioned by federal police on war crimes charges. For the first time in 77 years, a European co
“For six years, he documented Israeli war crimes when most institutions refused to look. Then, in the middle of a genocide the world claimed was ‘too complicated,’ he helped organise something many said was impossible—a
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