Vegans For Palestine Podcast

Tune in and listen to Ahlam's amazing work as the co-founder of Baladi Animal Rescue and Vegan in Palestine. Ahlam explains her intersectional vegan philosophy that is anti-colonial and anticapitalist, and describes her amazing work on the ground in Palestine that has been instrumental in setting up a unique, Palestinian vegan community in the Homeland. Rayan and Ahlam discuss the need for intersectional veganism in ways that challenge the israeli colonial project's efforts to erase both human and non-human animals in Palestine. Also, Ahlam reflects on the terribly disappointing silences regarding the genocide among single issue vegans who are part of some global vegan communities, and discusses the need for global vegans to centre Palestinian vegan voices and support vegan initiatives in Palestine. 

Episode 09 (Baladi Animal Rescue) has edited captions & transcript for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people available here.

Follow Ahlam here

Follow Baladi Animal Rescue (here on instagram and here on facebook).

Follow Vegan in Palestine (here on instagram and follow here on facebook).

Read about Vegan in Palestine & Baladi Animal Rescue here (official website).

Donate and share Vegan in Gaza here.

Donate and share Rescuing and Caring for Animals in Palestine here.

The Palestinian Musicians in this episode include:
Rula Bassil (from Jerusalem & Akka, Palestine) - follow here & support her work here.
Bassam Beroumi (from Akka, Palestine)- follow on youtube here  and listen here.

Please follow, share and support the impressive work of Rula and Bassam.

The Vegans for Palestine Podcast Team would like to thank Ahlam for donating her time and joining us for this episode. We are amazed and proud of the work you do in Palestine!

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Dalal and Sophie talk about the intersections between veganism, Judaism, and anti-Zionism. They discuss how Sophie celebrates Passover (Pesach) in a vegan and anti-colonial way, connecting the holiday’s themes of liberation with Palestinian solidarity. Additionally, they discuss the importance of capacity building and find similarities in their veganism and support for Palestine. 

This episode has edited auto captions and transcript for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people available here. 

You can follow Sophie here. 

Follow Tzedek Collective here

Read  'A Jewish Plea' by Sara Roy here 

Antizionist Pesach - Frequently asked questions here (by Tzedek Collective).

Virtual Anti-Zionist Seder Towards Collective Liberation (video features ASL interpreter).

'Four questions for talking about Palestine during Seder' available here

"On Pesach, we call for a Free Palestine" - by Loud Jewish Collective, view here

Why we are holding an anti-Zionist Palestine Solidarity Seder by Ohad Kozminsky.

“Next year in Jerusalem” - Let’s talk about it! (Click here)

JVP holding protest Seder- watch here. 

Jewish Council of Australia - Chag Pesach Sameach 

Siddur Tatir Tz’rurah - available here. 

An Antizionist Evening Prayerbook - available here.

AntiZionist Seder reading. Available here

Global Arab, Mizrahi, and SWANA Jews Nakba Day Video.

The forgotten history of Arab Jews | Avi Shlaim. Watch here. 

"I cannot write a poem about Gaza" by Tusieta Avia (Author’s note: I wrote this poem in 2014 in response to the Gaza War. 2,000 people died, the vast majority were Gazan Palestinians).

Palestinian Musicians in this episode include:
Mahmoud Shalabi - Flute.
Naseem Alatrash - Cello. Follow Naseem here. 
Yasmeen Abushawish - Singer. Follow Yasmeen here.

The Vegans for Palestine Podcast team would like to thank Sophie for joining us this episode, and would like to recognise the amazing talent and work of Mahmoud, Naseem and Yasmeen.

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As Easter is on the horizon, Dalal and Rayan discuss vegan traditions within Palestine's Christian communities. In this episode, Dalal and Rayan challenge the Western portrayals of Christianity as inherently Western and Islam as Eastern, highlighting the deep cultural and spiritual ties between Palestinian Christians and Muslims, and the shared history of coexistence in Palestine.

This podcast has edited captions here.

Amal Murkus sings 'Memory of a Palestinian Wound' by Mahmoud Darwish. 

Follow Amal here.

Erhasat (Sameh) chants lyrics from Fairuz, and you can follow his work here. 

Read about: 

Palestinian Veganism by Neda Ketana and Michel Khoury here.

'We Palestinian Christians say Allahu Akbar' - Read here. 

Joseph Massad's article on Palestinian Christians here.

An article on Palestinian Christians & Christmas here.

The Christian roots of Palestinian Nationalism.

A Palestinian Christian Podcast called 'Christ at the Checkpoint' here. 

Palestinian Priest, Antonious Hanania, said that if the mosques of Gaza are bombed and there is no muezzin to call to prayer, he “will raise the call to prayer on behalf of [his] Muslim brothers.”

Article on the bombing of the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza. 

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In this episode, Dalal and Waseem discuss the intersection of BDS and Palestinian veganism, emphasising that both movements are rooted in justice and liberation, requiring ethical consumer choices beyond convenience. They critique how Zionist corporations exploit veganism for profit while remaining complicit in oppression, particularly through vegan-washing to obscure the israeli state’s violence and oppression of the people of Palestine.

This podcast is captioned for accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. Autocaptions have been adjusted to ensure accessibility. This version is available here.

Please follow Vegans for Palestine here.

Learn more about Vegan BDS here. Learn more about the BDS Movement here.

Boycott Vegan Brands that fund and support genocide. Scroll through a list here. 

The clip used in this episode is from a speech by Omar Barghouti: BDS: Ending Complicity in Genocide and Apartheid'. This can be viewed here.  

The Palestinian Musicians featured in this episode are:

Aziz Maraka is a Palestinian composer, singer and song-writer. View his song here   عزيز - مافي منك - الفيديو الرسمي Follow Aziz here.

Faraj Suleiman is a Palestinian Pianist and composer. View his song here  فرج سليمان – متل الحلم رحتي Follow Faraj here.

Please follow, support and share both Palestinian artists. The Vegans for Palestine Podcast team are amazed and proud of their work, and we are honoured to showcase amazing Palestinian talent. 

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Debarati runs a digital project called 'Brown Feminist Vegan' and has a great conversation with Dalal about intersectionality and why we need to challenge 'single issue veganism' and Western Vegan narratives. In this conversation, Debarati emphasises how intersectionality is central to their activism, recognising interconnected oppressions like racism, casteism, ableism, and speciesism, drawing parallels between the marginalisation of humans and non-human animals. Debarati critiques mainstream Western veganism for being Eurocentric, consumer-driven, and disconnected from local contexts.


You can follow Brown Feminist Vegan here.

Flavours for Freedom can be bought here.

Audrey Lorde post here. Interesting facts about Audrey Lorde? Watch here.

Quote by Prateek Gautam: here.

"We need to stop expecting Eurocentric Veganism to correct systemic racism" Aph Ko (Post available here).

The music in this episode is by two Palestinian artists.

Nemahsis (Nemah Hasan) is a Palestinian singer originally from Jericho, currently based in Turtle Island. Nemahsis was dropped by her label due to her support for Palestine. Please support her work. Follow here and check out her latest album Verbathim here.

Zeinab Shaath is a Palestinian-Egyptian singer and song writer. Zeinab recorded 'The urgent call of Palestine' in 1972 when she was 16 years old.

This podcast is captioned for accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people here 

Autocaptions have been adjusted to ensure accessibility. 

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How does a settler colonial military that is involved in the genocide of both human and non-human animals across Palestine define itself as the 'world's most moral, vegan friendly army'? Dalal and Waseem discuss the so-called 'vegan revolution' in the Israeli colonial population, and how it is fraught with racist contraditions about animal liberation within a society dedicated to the annihilation of the people of Palestine.

This podcast is captioned for accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing viewers here. Autocaptions have been adjusted to ensure accessibility.

We dedicate this episode to Hind Rajab, a young Palestinian girl who was murdered by the Israeli military. We will never forget nor forgive what happened to Hind.
الله يرحمها

Read more about Hind Rajab here.

You can follow Waseem here

The music in this episode is credited to two Palestinian artists:

Mahmoud Shalabi plays the ney (Arab flute). View here. Mahmoud Shalabi is a Palestinian actor and artist based in Akka, Palestine. He took part in a documentary call Slingshot Hip Hop by Jackie Salloum (Bouza Productions) that can be viewed here.

Said Fadel is a Gaza-based Palestinian artist who is surviving the recent Israeli genocidal war upon Gaza, Palestine. Said plays the lute here and is part of a band called Sol Band here.

Please follow, support and share both Palestinian artists. The Vegans for Palestine Podcast team are amazed and proud of their work.

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Did you know that several organisations and individuals involved in Veganuary are also proponents of the Gaza genocide? In this podcast, Dalal and Dr Leila discuss why it is important to be critical about Veganuary. 

This podcast has an edited transcript for accessibility. 

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Sources:

Dr Leila - The Uncomfortable Truth about Veganuary https://www.instagram.com/p/DENHcFBowrT/

Dublin Veg Fest - https://www.instagram.com/dublinvegfest/

Plant Ed Academy - https://www.threads.net/@plantbased_health...

Hajar - Palestine Folk Music - https://www.tiktok.com/@clutchyourpearls/v...

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The Naksa of 1967 had a profound impact on Palestinian Scholar, Edward Said, in similar ways that the current genocide in Gaza is having upon young people around the world today. In this episode, Dalal and Ryan pay tribute to Edward Said, and link the Naksa to the current events with a Vegan Palestinian lens.

This podcast is captioned here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTOZB8TCoGI

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Sources

• Music in the beginning by @IsmailElnimer on Instagram:
  
  

https://www.instagram.com/ismail.elnimer/r...

• More on Edward Said:
     • Edward Said: 'Out of Place' | Al Jaze...  

 (minute 16:21)
   • EDWARD SAID and Palestine (1988) with...  (minute 19:50)

• Clip of Najla Said (daughter of Edward Said) from:
     • Interview with Najla Said over pro-Pa...  

• Music in the end by Shadia Mansour and Mahmoud Jrere:
     • badi salam  بدّي سلام -mahmood jrere ...  

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Every Palestinian that you meet will have a Nakba story that they have inherited from their families.

But - what is the Nakba? Why should vegans learn about the Nakba? In our first episode, Dalal and Rayan discuss the ongoing impact of the 1948 Nakba.

This podcast is captioned here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCnr-siOe3w&t=2099s

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