Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or can’t do. To hear your inner voice, you have to quiet everything else. The world is noisy by design—meant to distract and drain you from your purpose. Don’t let it. 🎥 Watch the full episode: sumudpod.com 📲 Follow our

📣 Reshare: Huwaida Arraf on the Sumud Podcast 🇵🇸 Huwaida is currently detained for sailing on the Handala, a boat attempting to break the siege on Gaza. Earlier this year, we sat down with a Palestinian-American lawyer and activist, a co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement and a

📣 Reshare: Jacob Berger on the Sumud Podcast Earlier this year, on the Sumud Podcast, we sat down with @jacobbergeractor, an activist and actor who shared a powerful message of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Now, Jacob is among those arrested aboard the Handala, the

This week on the Sumud Podcast, we're joined by software engineer and educator Ibtihal Aboussad. Ibtihal is a Harvard-trained technologist who believes tech should heal, not harm. From co-founding grassroots education initiatives for girls in Morocco to organizing within the

Tech can connect—or it can surveil. After October 2023, Microsoft went from corporate silence to active complicity in Israel’s assault on Gaza: censoring internal conversations, blocking emails with “Palestine” or “Gaza” in the subject line, and ignoring employee questions about

When the truth became undeniable, Ibtihal couldn’t stay silent. After learning that her work at Microsoft might be directly supporting the Israeli military, the lines between tech and violence blurred. What was once “just a job” became a matter of conscience and resistance. 🎥

Speaking up for Palestine inside Microsoft came at a cost. Employees who dared to raise concerns about Palestinian lives faced retaliation: withheld bonuses, intimidating meetings with management, and even suspensions. Meanwhile, open Islamophobia and Zionist harassment went

They’re not just speaking out—they’re organizing from within the belly of Big Tech. A group of current and former Microsoft employees launched a campaign to end the company’s complicity in genocide. Since early 2024, they've mobilized across multiple fronts: 🚨 Internal

They picked Microsoft’s shiny moment to make the truth impossible to ignore. Planning their protest to coincide with a high-profile company event, one of those “innovation” showcases designed to dazzle investors and boost PR. But behind the stage lights and buzzwords is a

It wasn’t random. It was planned down to the last detail. When Microsoft hosted a flashy, live-streamed VIP event, they knew the company might mute their voices—but they couldn’t erase the image. The Kufiya throw was deliberate: a visual act of protest, a message workers

🎙 New Guest Announcement This week on the Sumud Podcast, we’re joined by Karmel Abufarha, part of the team behind Canaan Palestine: a brand rooted in the land, the olive tree, and generations of Palestinian farming families. Canaan’s work is about more than olive oil. It’s

For many Palestinian farmers, the land is theirs—on paper. But in reality, it’s behind barbed wire and settler roads. Settlements don’t just steal space. They create so-called “security zones” that cut families off from their own olive orchards. Sometimes, the army will issue a

Many don’t realize Palestine isn’t a desert—it’s rich in biodiversity and one of the earliest centers of agriculture in the world. From ancient wheat to alfalfa, much of the Western world’s farming heritage began here. 🎥 Watch the full episode: sumudpod.com 📲

Most people only know Palestine through headlines: occupation, conflict, and politics. But behind all of that is a living, rooted culture that few ever get to truly see. For many farmers, the only thread tying them to the outside world is a bottle of olive oil sitting on a

On September 17th, hundreds of pagers exploded across southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs—places where civilians live, work, and raise families. Hands were blown off. Faces disfigured. The victims weren’t fighters; they were ordinary people. This wasn’t a

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When children become survivors of violence, their resilience speaks louder than words. Ali and Hussein, just 12 years old, carry wounds that no child should ever have to bear—injuries from the pager explosions.  But what shines through in their story isn’t just pain; it’s their

In Lebanon, anti-Shia sentiment runs deep, largely because Shias are seen as Hezbollah’s core support. This has made it easy for political pressure to block aid to the Shia community, such as banning Iranian planes from landing in Lebanon. But after the pager attacks left many

📢 New Guest Announcement This week on the Sumud Podcast, we sit down with the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Zeteo, Mehdi Hasan, to talk about debating, disinformation, and defending truth in a time of genocide. "They shouldn’t look up to me. Journalists are risking everything