Falastin In Focus

Falastin In Focus

Falastin In Focus is an unapologetic podcast dedicated to centring Palestinian identity, culture, history, art and politics in depth. Produced by the Watermelon Collective, the podcast is presented by Gaza-born journalist Jehan Alfarra in collaboration with Palestine Museum and the Palestine Book Awards.

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July 31, 2025 39 mins

A writer, editor, filmmaker, organiser, and longtime advocate for justice in Palestine, Frank Barat has spent years holding space for difficult and necessary conversations. He has worked with iconic voices like Angela Davis, Noam Chomsky, and Ilan Pappé, curating powerful collections like Gaza in Crisis and Freedom is a Constant Struggle.

He was a coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. And his work with the Ciné-Palestin...

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Shareef Safadi is a Palestinian citizen of Israel. His identity challenges the very foundation of a state that calls him its own, while denying his Palestinianhood.

As someone whose family remained on their land during and after the Nakba, Shareef belongs to a group that Israel refers to as ‘Arab Israelis’ or ‘Israeli Arabs’.

In this episode we discuss 'Arab-Israelis', or ’48 Palestinians as referred to by Palestinians, who ...

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Cactus Pear for my Beloved is the story of a family from Gaza, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland, Australia. It is a memoir by Palestinian‑Australian author, playwright and scholar Samah Sabawi.This is an intimate family chronicle and a testimonial to the broader Palestinian story, and it reinvigorates Gaza’s pre-1967 history—its literary, social and cultural layers. And the book has b...

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Today, we speak to a man who has built a museum not for a state, but for a people.


Faisal Saleh is the founder and executive director of the Palestine Museum, which first opened as Palestine Museum US in Woodbridge, Connecticut, and has since travelled across the Atlantic. The first European branch of the Palestine Museum opened in the Scottish capital Edinburgh in May, as Palestinians marked the 77th anniversary of the Nakba.

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