Falastin In Focus
Episodes
Picking olives, defying Israeli occupation | Falastin Podcast
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the olive harvest season in Palestine, although not in Gaza for obvious reasons. If you didn’t already know just how sacred the olive tree is...
'Freedom Flotilla has finance from biggest terror organisation, Israel' | Falastin Podcast
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just before the Gaza ceasefire was announced, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of civilian boats carrying aid and solidarity, was raided by Israeli...
Ceasefire in Gaza | Falastin Podcast with Jehan Alfarra
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For today’s episode of Falastin I wanted to take a break from our usual interviews to share some personal thoughts on this significant moment.As we ...
Waking up in Gaza today | Falastin Podcast with Jehan Alfarra
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Gaza City right now, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are under threat. Israel has ordered them to leave, calling it their ‘last opportunity...
Healing & pain in Bethlehem: Conversation with Palestinian psychotherapist Jamana Kaplanian | Falastin Podcast
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jamana Kaplanian is a Christian Palestinian psychologist & Mental Health Trainer from Bethlehem. In 2016, she launched Psychology spa, the first l...
Chef Joudie Kalla on Palestinian food, starvation and genocide | Falastin Podcast
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joudie Kalla is a British-Palestinian chef and activist. She’s the author of Palestine on a Plate and Baladi, and a powerful advocate for her people...
The Sumud flotilla and Yousef Alhelou's Pheonix of Gaza | Falastin Podcast with Jehan Alfarra
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yousef Alhelou is a Palestinian journalist, political analyst and filmmaker from Gaza, now based in the UK. Yousef has spent years reporting on Pales...
'Palestinian trauma is not post- it is ongoing': Conversation with Palestinian psychiatrist Dr Samah Jabr | Falastin Podcast with Jehan Alfarra
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Samah Jabr is a leading Palestinian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, writer, and public intellectual. She is former chair of the Mental Health Unit ...
'One day everyone will have always been against this': Gaza and the shifting tide with Omar El Akkad | Falastin Podcast
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable...
Global Palestine and the end of Zionism, are we there yet? Frank Barat on Palestinian solidarity | Falastin with Jehan Alfarra
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A writer, editor, filmmaker, organiser, and longtime advocate for justice in Palestine, Frank Barat has spent years holding space for difficult and ne...
Holding an Israeli passport as a Palestinian: Meet Shareef Safadi | Falastin with Jehan Alfarra
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shareef Safadi is a Palestinian citizen of Israel. His identity challenges the very foundation of a state that calls him its own, while denying his Pa...
Cactus Pear for My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza | Falastin with Jehan Alfarra
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cactus Pear for my Beloved is the story of a family from Gaza, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland, Austr...
Meet Palestine Museum Founder Faisal Saleh | Falastin with Jehan Alfarra
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we speak to a man who has built a museum not for a state, but for a people. Faisal Saleh is the founder and executive director of the Palestine...