For safety concerns, names and voices have been removed, changed or distorted. This episode was created by a Calafia fellow. Hosting today's episode is a guest speaker.

This episode unearths a genealogy brimming with cynicism and corruption between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the zionist entity, dating back to the Kingdom’s inception in 1922. We often hear about the zionism deeply embedded in the west, but do not address how Arab governments perpetuate this settler-colonial ideology for their own imperial benefit. Calafia welcomes guests: Professor of Arabic, Jordanian native, and former employee of the Jordanian military, to encourage Jordanians to forge solidarity with their next-door neighbors.

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Calafia is yli’s statewide youth policy journal that amplifies the narratives of young people on topics and issue areas important to them and their communities.

Calafia’s past issues have focused on youth criminal justice reform, educational equity, and addressing stigmas within communities of color. Check out the last fellowship's issue titled, Systems below and contact Jarrett Ramones at [email protected] for a print copy.

Be on the look out for our next print issue False Promises: The Chasm Between Home and Hope coming soon.

Calafia Fellows are selected every year from each yli office to create and edit the issue’s theme and the stories presented. They are also mentored by experienced reporters, travel to statewide and national media conferences, and learn the steps to producing a printed publication.

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