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  1. [PREVIEW] A Doctor in Gaza: The Silent Medical Emergency No One Is Talking About | Dr. Musallam Abu Khalil

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    [PREVIEW] A Doctor in Gaza: The Silent Medical Emergency No One Is Talking About | Dr. Musallam Abu Khalil

    Editors Note: Our friend with Dignity for Palestine and Ionad Hind Rajab, Dr Musallam Abukhalil, sent me this podcast he did recently to share with you all. What does it mean to practice medicine in Gaza amid mass displacement, collapsing hospitals, untreated chronic illness, hunger, trauma, and relentless uncertainty? In this episode of The Thin Veil, I speak with Dr. Musallam Abu Khalil, a physician in Gaza and founder of United for Dignity Alliance (UFDA), a Palestinian-led humanitarian organisation providing emergency aid, chronic and cancer care, psychosocial support, education, and storytelling initiatives in Gaza. Dr. Musallam joins me from Nuseirat in central Gaza for a powerful firsthand conversation about survival, medicine, community resilience, and the often invisible “silent emergency” facing Palestinians living through catastrophic health system collapse.

    5 min
  2. [PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: The By-elections Special

    17 may

    [PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: The By-elections Special

    As promised, Mr irishelectionprojections.com Harry McEvansoneya is back to make sense of the Galway West and Dublin Central by-elections. Sense is maybe a bit of a stretch... Enjoy.

    3 min
  3. [PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: James Leonard - Building Community from the Bottom Up and Getting a Seat at the Table

    12 may

    [PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: James Leonard - Building Community from the Bottom Up and Getting a Seat at the Table

    James Leonard is no stranger to the tortoise shack. Yet this is his first-ever appearance in the shack, and it is, like the man himself, really great. We talk about his work internationally in raising awareness about the carceral experience, his work in Cork in building life-long learning initatives and his work in Local Govt where he sees the friction between politics and community development.

    5 min
  4. [PREVIEW] JWE - The Iran Crisis: John Ross on China’s Role & the War's Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Salience

    10 may

    [PREVIEW] JWE - The Iran Crisis: John Ross on China’s Role & the War's Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Salience

    On May 9, JWE president Helena Cobban sat down with John Ross, who's a Senior Fellow with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. That, at a point midway between the May 6 visit of Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi to Beijing and the upcoming visit there by U.S. President Trump, who'll be holding an important summit there with Pres. Xi Jinping on May 13 or 14. In this conversation, Ross emphasised the geopolitical and geo-economic impact of the still-simmering U.S. war on Iran. He assessed that from Beijing's viewpoint, this war is centrally about whether the U.S. can be allowed to continue exerting unilateral control over the entire world economy, given that it is the U.S. military that is currently blockading the Hormuz Strait and preventing a peaceful negotiated end to this war. Listen to John Ross and Helena Cobban discussing this and other issues around China's persistent, though generally quiet, pro-peace diplomacy and the importance of the upcoming summit meeting.

    5 min
  5. [PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: PalCast - The First Draft of History

    5 may

    [PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: PalCast - The First Draft of History

    Malak Hijazi is an English Literature graduate, writer, historian of displacement and journalist from Gaza. She joins us from Gaza City to share her story, describe life under the ongoing genocide and explain why she is compelled to record what is happening to her people despite the danger to herself. A remarkable young woman. Don’t miss it.

    4 min
  6. [PREVIEW] JWE - Iran Crisis: Dr. Moeed Pirzada on Pakistan’s Role and Fears of Renewed Conflict

    24 abr

    [PREVIEW] JWE - Iran Crisis: Dr. Moeed Pirzada on Pakistan’s Role and Fears of Renewed Conflict

    In this JWE episode of the Iran Crisis Project, Helena Cobban, president of Just World Educational, spoke with Dr. Moeed Pirzada, a prominent Pakistani journalist based in Washington, D.C. and founder-editor of Global Village Space magazine. Together they examined the rapidly shifting situation around the U.S.-Iran conflict, Pakistan's role as a mediator, and the broader geopolitical realignments taking place across West Asia and beyond.

    5 min
  7. [PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: Gaza - Don't Look Away

    22 abr

    [PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: Gaza - Don't Look Away

    Khaled Al-Qershali is a writer and journalist from Gaza, focusing on personal narratives and reporting on the humanitarian impact of conflict. He has published articles and essays in outlets such as The Electronic Intifada, The Washington Report of Middle East Affairs, and The Independent. His work highlights stories of resilience, survival, and the lived experiences of civilians under occupation. He joins us from Gaza City to share his story and his hopes for the future.

    4 min
  8. [PREVIEW] JWE: Iran - The Ceasefire On The Edge

    21 abr

    [PREVIEW] JWE: Iran - The Ceasefire On The Edge

    On the day before the current two-week ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. is due to end, the veteran scholar of Iranian and international affairs Trita Parsi sat down with JWE president Helena Cobban to review the prospects for war or peace in West Asia. Trita Parsi is an Iranian-Swedish international relations writer and political analyst who is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

    3 min
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