Ep. 17 - Does Palestine have a branding problem? Asked and answered with Saint Levant

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Howdy Arabia

Imad Shawa

17 episodes

3 days ago

A podcast hosted by Imad Shawa, an Arab entrepreneur, father of three, and an American Culture junkie. Imad talks from his home in Amman, Jordan, to Arabs who live the American experience, and Americans who live the Arab experience. We talk politics, technology, movies & TV, mental health, business, conspiracy theories, music and current events. Episodes mostly in English with minimal spoken Arabic. مدوّنة يستضيفها عماد الشّوا باللغة الانجليزية

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Ep. 17 - Does Palestine have a branding problem? Asked and answered with Saint Levant

Howdy Arabia

1 hour 19 minutes 39 seconds

4 years ago

Ep. 17 - Does Palestine have a branding problem? Asked and answered with Saint Levant

Meet the young Gaza-raised US-based Palestinian activist, hip-hop artist, influencer, entrepreneur: Marwan AbdelHamid AKA Saint Levant

Host Imad Shawa and Marwan talk about Palestinian rights, Israel's ethnic Apartheid, anti-semitism, right of return, Gaza resilience, lobbying in America, connecting diasporas, Tik Tok and making music. The interview was recorded from a March 18th 2021 ClubHouse room entitled "Does Palestine have a branding problem?"

Here's the episode breakdown of topics:

00:00 to 00:48 Sample from "Jerusalem Freestyle" written & performed by Marwan

00:49 to 03:48 Imad's introduction

03:49 to 17:07 Activism for Palestine, echo chambers and narratives

17:08 to 26:00 The smear of Anti-Semitism to silence Palestinian human rights activists

26:01 to 36:11 Knowledge is power, so is economics, connectivity and the need to understand the oppressor

36:12 to 38:33 Jewish supremacy and the right of return

38:34 to 43:50 Resilient Gaza: Israel's scapegoat

43:51 to 01:04:27 Lobbying in America, and leveraging the Diaspora

01:04:28 to 01:12:30 Grow Home, connecting people and solving problems in Palestine and other diasporas

01:12:31 to 01:19:00 Tik Tok and Hip Hop: new tools of influence

You can catch Marwan Abdelhamid as Saint Levant on TikTok, Instagram, Spotify and YouTube.

This episode is sponsored by Mlabbas.com, the leading print-on-demand apparel & accessories provider in the Middle East.

About the Host: Imad Shawa is the founder of Mlabbas, a print-on-demand apparel & accessories business in Amman. Imad is a Chevening Scholar with an MA in Near East Studies and Islamic Law from the University of London, SOAS. He also holds a BSc in Finance and International Business from NYU. He is a left-leaning politics buff who is obsessed with social justice issues such as Palestinian rights, and Arab women's rights to pass on their citizenship across the Arab world.

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