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Omar Suleiman

๐Ÿ‘ค Person
2576 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

He goes to the scene and he said this, you know, you never expect as a journalist to be the subject of the story. Suddenly the camera's on him, mourning over his dead wife and kids and grandkid. And he's saying, he even says in Arabic, he says, they're taking it out on our children. They're taking it out on our children.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

He goes to the scene and he said this, you know, you never expect as a journalist to be the subject of the story. Suddenly the camera's on him, mourning over his dead wife and kids and grandkid. And he's saying, he even says in Arabic, he says, they're taking it out on our children. They're taking it out on our children.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

You know, I've heard this from multiple people that have had relatives targeted that I wish it was me instead. He gets back on camera the same day because he feels a responsibility to continue to cover the lives of the people of Gaza.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

You know, I've heard this from multiple people that have had relatives targeted that I wish it was me instead. He gets back on camera the same day because he feels a responsibility to continue to cover the lives of the people of Gaza.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

You know, I've heard this from multiple people that have had relatives targeted that I wish it was me instead. He gets back on camera the same day because he feels a responsibility to continue to cover the lives of the people of Gaza.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

He understands that his story, as devastating as it is, is not unique in regards to the people of Gaza, that there are many people whose families have been killed in airstrikes. All two million people have been traumatized in some way. And so he gets back on camera, tells the story again. And then he is targeted himself. His arm struck. His cameraman, Samer Abu Daqa, dies in front of him.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

He understands that his story, as devastating as it is, is not unique in regards to the people of Gaza, that there are many people whose families have been killed in airstrikes. All two million people have been traumatized in some way. And so he gets back on camera, tells the story again. And then he is targeted himself. His arm struck. His cameraman, Samer Abu Daqa, dies in front of him.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

He understands that his story, as devastating as it is, is not unique in regards to the people of Gaza, that there are many people whose families have been killed in airstrikes. All two million people have been traumatized in some way. And so he gets back on camera, tells the story again. And then he is targeted himself. His arm struck. His cameraman, Samer Abu Daqa, dies in front of him.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

He bleeds out. Wa'al watches him bleed out for hours. And while any aid workers try to reach them, in the building that they were in, snipers would shoot all of those that were rushing to Samar. So he watches his cameraman and one of his best friends bleed out to death. Wilde goes to the hospital, his arm is wrapped up, gets treatment. He's back on camera the next day. A few weeks later,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

He bleeds out. Wa'al watches him bleed out for hours. And while any aid workers try to reach them, in the building that they were in, snipers would shoot all of those that were rushing to Samar. So he watches his cameraman and one of his best friends bleed out to death. Wilde goes to the hospital, his arm is wrapped up, gets treatment. He's back on camera the next day. A few weeks later,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

He bleeds out. Wa'al watches him bleed out for hours. And while any aid workers try to reach them, in the building that they were in, snipers would shoot all of those that were rushing to Samar. So he watches his cameraman and one of his best friends bleed out to death. Wilde goes to the hospital, his arm is wrapped up, gets treatment. He's back on camera the next day. A few weeks later,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Another child is killed again with his friend in a car. So this was a targeted airstrike. His son is driving and his son and his best friend are hit in an airstrike. What leads the funeral prayer is back on camera again and speaks with such dignity, with such compassion. You know, one of the things that always gets to me as a Palestinian, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Another child is killed again with his friend in a car. So this was a targeted airstrike. His son is driving and his son and his best friend are hit in an airstrike. What leads the funeral prayer is back on camera again and speaks with such dignity, with such compassion. You know, one of the things that always gets to me as a Palestinian, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

Another child is killed again with his friend in a car. So this was a targeted airstrike. His son is driving and his son and his best friend are hit in an airstrike. What leads the funeral prayer is back on camera again and speaks with such dignity, with such compassion. You know, one of the things that always gets to me as a Palestinian, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And as a Muslim too, is that we are portrayed to be these beasts and savages. Tell me a man that would be put through what was put through and still stand on that pulpit and in front of the world with such dignity, with such grace, continues to tell the story. Wael has become a hero to many of us, and he would be a hero in a world that wasn't anti-Palestinian.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And as a Muslim too, is that we are portrayed to be these beasts and savages. Tell me a man that would be put through what was put through and still stand on that pulpit and in front of the world with such dignity, with such grace, continues to tell the story. Wael has become a hero to many of us, and he would be a hero in a world that wasn't anti-Palestinian.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And as a Muslim too, is that we are portrayed to be these beasts and savages. Tell me a man that would be put through what was put through and still stand on that pulpit and in front of the world with such dignity, with such grace, continues to tell the story. Wael has become a hero to many of us, and he would be a hero in a world that wasn't anti-Palestinian.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And unfortunately, Wael has not only lost his family, he's not only lost much of his own existence, but Wael is part of the greater story of erasure. So even though he's telling the story of the people of Gaza, and he is the story of the people of Gaza, Most people will never learn about Walid Dahdewa.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And unfortunately, Wael has not only lost his family, he's not only lost much of his own existence, but Wael is part of the greater story of erasure. So even though he's telling the story of the people of Gaza, and he is the story of the people of Gaza, Most people will never learn about Walid Dahdewa.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And unfortunately, Wael has not only lost his family, he's not only lost much of his own existence, but Wael is part of the greater story of erasure. So even though he's telling the story of the people of Gaza, and he is the story of the people of Gaza, Most people will never learn about Walid Dahdewa.