Podcasts by Otherwise Occupied

Kefah Abukhdeir:'We don't have to love each other, but we do need to respect each other' from 2020-12-15T12:00

My guest this week is an activist for Palestinian rights from East Jerusalem. Kefah Abukhdeir is a Palestinian-American who co-directs and teaches at EduReac...

Ronit Vered:'I do believe there is such a thing as Israeli cuisine' from 2020-12-09T10:00

My guest this week is someone I am very excited to talk to, being the foodie that I am. Ronit Vered is a researcher of food culture, she’s a journalist, an author of food and travel books. Since...

David Lehrer:'To live in peace with nature, you must learn to live in peace with your neighbor' from 2020-12-02T05:00

David Lehrer is the Director of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. As a partner of the Ben Gurion University, the institute brings Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian and international s...

Eman Mohammed:'In Gaza, the pain lingers long after the bombs stop falling' from 2020-11-24T08:00

There's a first time for everything, right? Well, this is the first episode where I shed a tear during recording. 

My guest this week is the first female Palestinian photojournalist i...

Mira Awad:'I'm stronger these days, I'm not threatened easily' from 2020-11-19T08:00

What really makes my day is talking to an amazing and inspiring artist.

She’s a singer. A musician. A songwriter. She is an actress on stage and on the screen. She is a screenwriter. She’s...

Barak Ravid:'Israeli Right will find it hard to label Biden'anti-Israel'' from 2020-11-11T10:00

My guest this week is the busiest reporter in Israel, based on the amount and pace of scoops he publishes. Barak Ravid is probably the most well known diplomatic correspondent in this country. H...

Simcha Rothman:'Let Palestinians choose to join the Zionist project' from 2020-11-03T03:00

My guest today is Simcha Rothman. Recently named by the Israeli financial daily "The Marker" as one of the 100 mo...

Makbula Nassar:'I learned how to deal with tear gas as a child' from 2020-10-28T07:00

Today I am talking to Makbula Nassar. While I’ve never met Makbula, she does writes for Local Call, the sister site of the website I co-founded, +972 Magazine, and I have always wanted to get to...

Noam Shuster-Eliassi:'The world has forgotten the Palestinian people' from 2020-10-20T08:00

My guest today is a comedian who is very quickly making a name for herself in Israel and abroad. from 2020-10-13T07:00

I’m pretty excited about this week’s guest on the show - Tamer Nafar!

Widely regarded as the first rapper in Arabic - Tamer is famous for so many things in Israel, where do I even start? H...

Zehava Galon: Netanyahu cares only about his own survival and avoiding prison from 2020-10-07T06:30:43

My guest today is Zehava Galon.

I’m pretty sure a lot of my listeners know who Galon is - she has been one of the most well known politicians in Israel for decades now, a symbol of the ...

Ruthie Blum:"I'm a right wing bohemian - living like a leftist, but with ideas on the right" from 2020-09-30T10:12:16

Listen now | My guest today on the podcast is Ruthie Blum! Ruthie is originally from New York, and is the daughter of journalists and authors Midge Decter and legendary editor in Chief of Commentar...

Yaron Ten-Brink:"Benjamin Netanyahu is one of the biggest criminals Israel has ever seen" from 2020-09-23T07:01:53

As the pandemic rages out of control in Israel, I’m happy that my guest today is someone who shares my frustration. Yaron Ten-Brink, one of Israel’s leading journalists.

Yaron became ve...

Nof Atamna:"When chefs take Palestinian food and call it Israeli, it erases our identity" from 2020-09-11T09:00

Hey everybody!

The first episode of “Otherwise Occupied” is here, and it’s a blast. I was honored to host Nof Atamna, the first Arab chef to win the Israeli production of Master Chef. We t...

Intro to Otherwise Occupied from 2020-09-04T09:00

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Intro to Otherwise Occupied from 2020-09-04T09:00

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Intro to Otherwise Occupied from 2020-09-04T09:00

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