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A podcast dedicated to a free Palestine. Featuring guests from diverse disciplines, the series highlights their work on Palestine and its people, offering illuminating perspectives to help us navigate these dark times in the history of this land between the river and the sea.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast dedicated to a free Palestine. Featuring guests from diverse disciplines, the series highlights their work on Palestine and its people, offering illuminating perspectives to help us navigate these dark times in the history of this land between the river and the sea.
Recent episodes include "Sound & Stone from Palestine to the World | Elias & Yousef Anastas" (14 May 2026, 68 minutes), "Our Own Stories in Our Own Voices | Yara Hawari, Co-Director of Al-Shabaka" (19 March 2026, 60 minutes), and "Director of Oscar-Shortlisted "All That's Left of You" Cherien Dabis | "Our Humanity Is Also Resistance"" (15 January 2026, 65 minutes).
This Is Not a Watermelon | Palestinian History & Culture publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 60 minutes across 35 episodes.
Booking probability for This Is Not a Watermelon | Palestinian History & Culture is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This Is Not a Watermelon | Palestinian History & Culture requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. This Is Not a Watermelon | Palestinian History & Culture's contact route on record: verified email.
This Is Not a Watermelon | Palestinian History & Culture is a society show with 35 episodes published.
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Episode #35
<p>We talk with architects Elias and Yousef Anastas, partners at studio AAU Anastas about their deeply researched practice, their dedication to using stone in innovative and ethical ways, and the many social, political...
Episode #34
<p>We talk about Palestinian storytelling from oral histories that transmit our stories across generations, to policy analysis that explains what is happening to us today in our own voices. In this conversation with...
Episode #33
<p>Actress, director, producer, and screenwriter Cherien Dabis discusses her career, from directing shows like Ramy, Mo, and Only Murders in the Building to writing, directing and acting in her monumental new...
Episode #32
<p>Our conversation with writer, scholar, and activist, Tareq Baconi, about the many forms of containment forced onto Palestinians and the need to reclaim the Palestinian revolutionary legacy. We discuss Tareq’s book...
Episode #31
<p>We go back to 1931, when Palestinian journalist Issa El-Issa visited Paris's Colonial Exhibition and discovered Palestinian pavilions had been co-opted by British and Zionist organizers. This experience led the...
Episode #30
<p>We talk to Lena El-Malak, author of "Stolen Nation: The Right to Reparation of Palestinian Refugees." The discussion explores the unique challenges faced by Palestinian refugees in securing their right of return and...
Episode #29
<p>Activist, producer, writer and editor Frank Barat shares his journey into activism, focusing on Palestine, and the significant moments that shaped his advocacy. From his upbringing in a working-class family to his...
Episode #28
<p>In this episode of This is Not a Watermelon podcast, we're joined by Oscar-Nominated and award-winning Palestinian filmmaker, Scandar Copti. We dive into his childhood in Jaffa and growing up in a neighborhood with a...
Episode #27
<p>In this episode of This Is Not a Watermelon podcast, we talk to UN special rapporteur Michael Fakhri, and comic journalist and film writer Omar Khouri, about their report "Palestine and the Right to Food." They...
Episode #26
<p>Better known to many through her Instagram account @leb.historian which has gained a large audience especially since Lebanon's 17 October Revolution, Chloe Kattar joins us on This Is Not a Watermelon for a special...
Episode #25
<p>In this special episode of This Is Not a Watermelon podcast, we speak to Professor Mona Harb, co-founder of the Beirut Urban Lab at the American University of Beirut, to help us delve into the intricate...
Episode #24
<p>Palestinian doctor, scholar and research fellow Ghada Karmi offers powerful, truthful and hard-hitting words on Palestine's past, present and future. She sheds light on a common experience amongst Palestinian...
Episode #23
<p>In this episode of This Is Not a Watermelon, we talk about positioning Palestinian music within a global music scene, cassettes as precious as diamonds, music and resistance, and reiterations of traditional folk...
Episode #22
<p>This episode was recorded on July 10th, 2024.</p><p>Check out Sonja's reading recommendations for Palestinian literature from the 20th Century...
Episode #21
<p>This episode was recorded on May 21st, 2024 at 5pm Palestine time.</p><p>Victor Kattan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham School of Law, where he is writing a book on apartheid as a crime...
Episode #20
<p>Dr Salman Abu Sitta was born in 1937 in Ma‘in Abu Sitta, in the Beersheba district of Mandate Palestine. An engineer by profession, and the founder and president of the Palestine Land Society, he is most known for...
Episode #19
<p>This episode was recorded on March 20th at 4:15pm Palestine time.<br />If you're curious to learn more about Palestinian prison literature, read our full article on it 👉...
Episode #18
<p>Starting with the Qattan Foundation's recent exhibition "Gaza: A Moment of Becoming", Yazid explains why this is not an ordinary exhibition, reflecting on the particular importance of Palestinian art and artists...
Episode #17
<p>Visualizing Palestine is a data-visualization platform that produces factual infographics and visuals to build a rights-based narrative of Palestine and the Israeli occupation. In this conversation, we explore the...
Episode #16
<p>Mai Masri is a Palestinian filmmaker, director and producer. The majority of her work to date are documentaries which focus on the day-to-day realities faced by women and children living in the occupied Palestinian...
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