About this episode
“It’s left me with a deep and simmering anger against the western powers who imposed this nightmare on us.”Palestinian physician, author and Nakba survivor Ghada Karmi joins UNAPOLOGETIC to speak about how her life has been shaped by exile and how, as she tried to find a new home in the UK, she was confronted by experiences that enhanced her desire to reconnect with her Palestinian identity and eventually made her want to embrace a life where she lived in service of liberating Palestinians from Zionist occupation.She also reflects on the current unfolding genocide in Gaza, what she calls Arab and western complicity and how this event will traumatise future generations of Palestinians Chapters0:00 Intro and context setup 2:00 Two Nakbas, 77 years apart 4:32 Predicting 7 October’s logic 8:09 Fleeing Jerusalem in 1948 14:46 Remembering home, dog, Fatima 17:29 Life as a refugee child 21:28 1967 war changed everything 27:19 Reclaiming identity through activism 29:16 Visiting her old home 34:04 Learning the deeper history 43:58 Zionism’s effect on region 44:54 Arab states and complicity 55:57 The one-state vision today 1:09:00 Final reflections
