Samar Jarrah

In this week's episode of "TrueTalk," we delve into a conversation that, while from 2020, resonates profoundly with the current war on Gaza. Our host Samar engages with Egyptian author Khaled El Guindy, shedding light...

Ahmed and Samar spoke with Susan Darraj and Laura Albast about the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, the largest Palestinian Literature Festival gathering in North America. Sadly, some Zionist organizations tried to shut the festival down....

Samar spoke to American Arab novelist Aisha Abdel Gawad about her new novel Between Two Moon. Set in the Arab immigrant enclave of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, following three siblings coming of age over the course of...

  Samar spoke with Palestinian human rights lawyer from occupied Jerusalem Rafat Al-Khalili. He describes how Israeli settlers seized the Sub Laban family’s home in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. The family fought...

Samar spoke to Loay Elbasyouni about his fascinating journey with the NASA team especially with the groundbreaking helicopter flight Loay and his team achieved on Mars in April 2021. He spoke about his childhood in...

Palestinian journalist Nour Odeh @nour_odeh discusses how Israel carried out a military invasion of Jenin destroying up to 80% of the homes there. Odeh also explains how Israel enforces apartheid policies on Palestinians.

This week on True Talk, we will have guest speaker, Mongi Dhaouadi. We will be discussing Tunisia. Tune into the show on Thursday.

We talked with our cohost, Samar Jarrah. This week we talked about Hurricane Ian and what she went through during the storm.

Lara Friedman is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP). With more than 25 years working in the Middle East foreign policy arena, Lara is a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy...