Ep. 17 - Saint Levant: Does Palestine have a branding problem?

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 ClubHouse room entitled "Does Palestine have a branding problem?"
Here's the episode breakdown of topics:
00:00 Sample from "Jerusalem Freestyle" written & performed by Marwan
00:49 Imad's introduction
03:49 Activism for Palestine, echo chambers and narratives
17:08 The smear of Anti-Semitism to silence Palestinian human rights activists
26:01 Knowledge is power, so is economics, connectivity and the need to understand the oppressor
36:12 Jewish supremacy and the right of return
38:34 Resilient Gaza: Israel's scapegoat
43:51 Lobbying in America, and leveraging the Diaspora
01:04:28 Grow Home, connecting people and solving problems in Palestine and other diasporas
01:12:31 Tik Tok and Hip Hop: new tools of influence
You can catch Marwan Abdelhamid as Saint Levant on TikTok, Instagram, Spotify and CZcams.
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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Love saint levant!!!!!

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[@stephaniev2594]

Marwan is brilliant and is a force for good. People like him are force for peace

[@user-pu7fc3mu2b]

Love marwan, his eloquence and music.

[@ahungrybrain]

Who else's there now, april 2024, after the worst 6 months we've EVER lived as peace & palestinian human rights activists ??? 🥲 🌿

[@haifashawwa]

Bravo Imad. Great show

[@jaminlove]

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[@laconja1]

Farha is a movie on Netflix’ with the Nakba in the story.

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