Humanity in the Holy Land
Season 1
Vive la Terre Sainte!
All roads leave Yemen
Trope-ical Storm
"We will live here and we will die here"
True Intentions
Stories of Coexistence
Two truths can exist at once
by Adam & Ciara
Adam and Ciara speak with Bella Beltaief, a French Muslim citizen of Algerian and Tunisian decent. She currently lives in Strasbourg, France and has worked with the council of Europe specifically in the area of interfaith dialogue between Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Additionally, she started her own organization called Eur Future (Instagram @eurfuture) in association with the European Parliament, which works with French youth in getting involved in politics in their communities. Bella shares her perspective on advancing interfaith relationships in Europe and in the Middle East.
Adam and Ciara speak with Amber Kedem who is Yemenite Jewish living in the Netherlands, an Israeli citizen, and the founder of her page Ambers Bayt (instagram @ambersbayt), which showcases Levantine and Yemenite food and how it connects to her identity. We discuss the complexity of Yemenite Jewish society and how it became an integral community within the Holy Land.
Adam and Ciara tackle common tropes about Israelis and Palestinians, beginning with “the Nakba didn’t happen” and “Israelis are white Europeans”.
Adam and Ciara sit down with Mohamad Jamous, a Palestinian peace activist living in Ramallah, Palestine. Mohamad discussed how he got into peace activism and some of the challenges he faced at the very beginning, as well as detailing the trials of living under a military occupation. Overwhelmingly though, he discussed his hope for peace in the region, with all nations, ethnicities and religions living with equal rights in the holy land.
Adam and Ciara discuss their intentions for the podcast, share personal stories of their experiences with the other side, and how they met.
Adam and Ciara share stories of coexistence provided by followers of Ciara's instagram page The Mizrahi Story.
In this episode Adam and Ciara discuss global outrage, displacement and expulsion, and pain and mistrust.
Adam and Ciara delve deeper into their identities and their upbringings as a Jewish person and Palestinian person living in the diaspora. They also touch on certain topics related to Israel and Palestine that they will explore further in future episodes.