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Jehan Salim

Jehan Salim is a humanitarian aid worker and National Shelter Cluster Coordinator for Palestine with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), working on the Gaza shelter crisis.

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PODCASTS

Sep 1, 2026

Gaza: Ceasefire, sort of. Reconstruction, no.

Sep 1 · 30m

Imogen FoulkesHOST

6:01

How did you get into this?

Jehan SalimGUEST

6:03

For me, I think it's an interesting story or how I got into it.

Jehan SalimGUEST

6:08

I don't think it was a conscious decision.

Jehan SalimGUEST

6:10

I was actually born in Baghdad during the war and my family was displaced and immigrated to Canada.

Jehan SalimGUEST

6:17

So I was very lucky to be able to raise in a safe country and be educated and live a comfortable life.

Jehan SalimGUEST

6:26

And it was by chance, actually, that I wanted to do something different.

Jehan SalimGUEST

6:29

I always knew I wanted to help, but I didn't know how.

Imogen FoulkesHOST

11:12

What do you need and what is not getting in and why?