Palestinian Stories
Palestinian Stories
Podcast Description
Palestinian Stories documents the individual life histories and memories of those in historic Palestine and of those who remember their time in Palestine. These histories are currently being erased in the ongoing Zionist genocide/ethnic cleansing. The mission of this Podcast is to preserve these stories for future generations.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into themes of identity, loss, resistance, and resilience, featuring episodes that include personal accounts of individuals impacted by the Israeli occupation, such as the narratives of Dr. Thaer Ahmed advocating for humanitarian access and Yousef AlHelou sharing his emotional journey as a filmmaker capturing the realities in Gaza.
Palestinian Stories documents the individual life histories and memories of those in historic Palestine and of those who remember their time in Palestine. These histories are currently being erased in the ongoing Zionist genocide/ethnic cleansing. The mission of this Podcast is to preserve these stories for future generations.
Dr. Thaer Ahmad is a board member of the Palestinian American Medical Association and serves as Assistant Clinical Professor at both the University of Illinois Chicago and Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is also Assistant Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency at Advocate Christ Medical Center on Chicago’s South Side and a former board member of MedGlobal. Born in Chicago in the 1980s to parents who emigrated from the West Bank, Dr. Ahmad has become a prominent advocate for medical and humanitarian access to Gaza. He has testified before U.S. Congress and European bodies, met with leaders including President Biden and Vice President Harris, and appeared on major media outlets such as Al Jazeera, CNN, NPR, ABC, CBS, and NBC. When interviewed by Tim on June 21, 2025, he had just been denied entry by Israeli authorities to provide emergency medical care in Gaza.
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