Birzeit University
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Sep 12, 2026
Janessa Gans WilderHOST
And I was in Palestinian territories at the time.
Janessa Gans WilderHOST
I was studying Arabic at Birzeit University.
Janessa Gans WilderHOST
I was living in Birzeit.
Janessa Gans WilderHOST
I had to leave to get the visa renewed.
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Ali Abu AwwadGUEST
And believe me, Janessa, we are one of the most talented, educated people on earth.
Ali Abu AwwadGUEST
I mean, you've been there.
Ali Abu AwwadGUEST
You study at Birzeit University and you saw who are the Palestinians.
Ali Abu AwwadGUEST
We're not fanatics, and this is not even our mentality.
Dima SroujiGUEST
And over the years since then, it's kind of grown into a much larger workshop space in Jabba.
Dima SroujiGUEST
But when I first walked in, they were making chemistry lab equipment, beakers and so on for Birzeit University's chemistry department.
Dima SroujiGUEST
And they were also making bongs, which I haven't really talked about publicly.
Dima SroujiGUEST
That is the majority of the...
Ahmed AlnaouqHOST
I have to start with you, Amy, to say congratulations on the new post.
Ahmed AlnaouqHOST
I mean, you have been doing amazing work during the past decades, from McCann to friends of Birzeit University to... to finally becoming the director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which is the biggest Palestinian organization in Europe and maybe in the world.
Ahmed AlnaouqHOST
So tell me, how does it feel to take this position? And at this moment, why did you decide to take this post at this moment, especially?
Aimee ShalanGUEST
Well, first of all, it feels a great honour to be trusted with the role and it feels like very much the right moment.
Emile ChabalGUEST
And I think, um, this, this is something that, that really he holds onto, I mean, re- until the end of his career.
Emile ChabalGUEST
In the ni- early 1980s, he goes to Birzeit University in the West Bank, um, uh, as a visiting speaker, um, and he talks about this, he writes about this, and he returns.
Emile ChabalGUEST
He writes about Israel as a colonial state.
Emile ChabalGUEST
And so although, of course, his writing about nationalism is about a lot of different kinds of nationalism, and he's very critical of European nationalisms, in the plural, um, he, uh, I think some of the emotional power of his critique comes from his, um, uh, profound disconnect, uh, if you like, with, with, with Israel and with the, the, the Zionist project in Israel.
Emile ChabalGUEST
And I think, um, this, this is something that, that really he holds onto, I mean, re- until the end of his career.
Emile ChabalGUEST
In the ni- early 1980s, he goes to Birzeit University in the West Bank, um, uh, as a visiting speaker, um, and he talks about this, he writes about this, and he returns.
Emile ChabalGUEST
He writes about Israel as a colonial state.
Emile ChabalGUEST
And so although, of course, his writing about nationalism is about a lot of different kinds of nationalism, and he's very critical of European nationalisms in the plural, um, he, uh, uh, I think some of the emotional power of his critique comes from his, um, uh, profound disconnect, uh, if you like, with, with, with Israel and with the, the, the Zionist project in Israel.
Emile ChabalGUEST
And I think this is something that really he holds on to until the end of his career.
Emile ChabalGUEST
In the early 1980s, he goes to Birzeit University in the West Bank as a visiting speaker, and he talks about this, he writes about this, and he returns.
Emile ChabalGUEST
He writes about Israel as a colonial state.
Emile ChabalGUEST
And so, although, of course, his writing about nationalism is about a lot of different kinds of nationalism, and he's very critical of European nationalisms in the plural, he I think some of the emotional power of his critique comes from his profound disconnect with Israel and with the Zionist project in Israel.
Emile ChabalGUEST
And I think, um, this, this is something that, that really he holds onto, I mean, re- until the end of his career.
Emile ChabalGUEST
In the ni- early 1980s, he goes to Birzeit University in the West Bank, um, uh, as a visiting speaker, um, and he talks about this, he writes about this, and he returns.
Emile ChabalGUEST
He writes about Israel as a colonial state.
Emile ChabalGUEST
And so although, of course, his writing about nationalism is about a lot of different kinds of nationalism, and he's very critical of European nationalisms in the plural, um, he, uh, uh, I think some of the emotional power of his critique comes from his, um, uh, profound disconnect, uh, if you like, with, with, with Israel and with the, the, the Zionist project in Israel.