Alaa Shehada
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Because sometimes people come and they're confused.
Like, is it okay to laugh?
You know what I mean?
Is it because...
You know what I mean?
Because they have one image about the Palestinians, you know what I mean?
And someone is coming to bullshit, being open and vulnerable about everything.
That's kind of something unexpected from the audiences.
And that's what I'm trying to do.
well first and main thing uh
I cannot give up.
I need to keep moving.
That is the main thing in my head, in my heart.
I try to ignore everything around and just keep moving because I'm aware at least this keeps me alive.
At least this keeps me creative.
At least this keeps me and my people seen.
At least this is a type of therapy for me.
Sounded easily to say that, but it's not.
As I told you, you go back home and then you look at these news and you call your family and your friends and you hear them, you hear the stories, you hear their voice.
It's painful.