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"One of my recurring fears is that people will move on" w/ Laila Al-Arian

Makdisi Street

Bayt al Makdisi

News, Politics

4.9644 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The brothers welcome Laila al-Arian, executive producer for the Al Jazeera English documentary series Fault Lines. They discuss the anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim orthodoxies of the mainstream Western media, the coverage of the genocide in Gaza, the dissenting spaces opened up by critical alternative and social media, and Laila's harrowing documentary The Night Won't End that tracks the ordeals of 3 Palestinian families in Gaza, including the family of six-year old Hind Rajab who was killed by Israel. Are there actual prospects for changing the narrative framework on Palestine and the Palestinians?

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Date of recording: Oct 3, 2024.

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0:00.0

So I think one of my nightmares and recurring fears is that people will move on.

0:08.0

From this moment, from this time, you know, obviously this is unprecedented in terms of loss and death for the Palestinian people.

0:17.8

It's the worst time, you know, even I think by many measures exceeding the Nekba.

0:23.9

So you're talking about the worst period in, you know, 76, 77 years. But I do have this fear that

0:30.8

people will forget. They'll move on. And I think the least we can do is to document, is to bear

0:37.2

witness, is to make sure that

0:38.8

these records are there and that they cannot be denied.

0:44.3

Hello everyone and welcome to a new episode of the Magdisi Street podcast.

0:48.0

My name is Usama Magdisi and I'm joined as always by my brothers Sari and Karim.

0:53.8

We're delighted today to welcome to the pod, Leila Al-Aryan.

0:57.4

Leila is a broadcast journalist, a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism,

1:01.7

and she's now the executive producer of the El Jazeera English documentary series called Fault Lines.

1:08.6

She has co-authored Collateral collateral damage, America's War Against Iraqi

1:12.4

Civilians with Chris Hedges. She has produced several documentaries, including the Peabody

1:18.0

winning investigative report made in Bangladesh. Lela's most recent work as executive producer and writer

1:24.1

is a truly haunting 24, The Night Won't End, Biden's War on Gaza,

1:29.8

which investigates the massacre of Palestinian civilians and children by Israel with U.S. made

1:34.9

weaponry and tracks, three harrowing stories, including the now infamous story of the Israeli

1:41.4

killing of Hind Rajab, the six-year-old girl who was trapped in a shot-up car and

1:45.8

eventually was killed. She and the relatives, as well as the ambulance crew that was sent,

1:50.9

the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance crew that was sent to save her, who were also killed by

1:56.0

the Israelis. It's an extraordinary, extraordinary story.

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