·S1 E20
How Palestine Is Hidden From Us: History, Resistance & What We're Not Taught with Riad Bahhur
Episode Description
In this episode of The Thin Veil, Ezra speaks with Palestinian-American filmmaker, historian, and Sacramento City College professor of Contemporary Palestinian History and Culture, Riad Bahhur.
After his parents were denied the right to return to Palestine following Israel's occupation of the West Bank in 1967, Riad spent his early childhood in Venezuela before his family settled in the United States. He reflects on his childhood visits to Palestine, the lessons he learned about living under Israeli military occupation, and the beauty, resilience, and depth of Palestinian culture as embodied by his grandmothers.
Later, Riad returned to Palestine to help document the First Intifada, work that contributed to the documentaries People and the Land and Two Blue Lines. Drawing on decades of teaching Palestinian history and culture, he describes the profound sense of betrayal many of his students experience when they encounter these often-overlooked histories for the first time.
Toward the end of the conversation, Ezra shares a vulnerable reflection on how dramatically his own understanding of Palestine has changed in a relatively short period of time, and why questioning the narratives he inherited ultimately led to the creation of The Thin Veil.
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- (00:00) - Riad Episode Edit
- (04:22) - Childhood in Palestine
- (12:58) - Clip The zionist Project
- (13:35) - Going back to America, Green
- (13:56) - Clip? The realest place is Gaza
- (15:31) - Always called to tell a story (filmmaking)
- (19:25) - First Intifada History Lesson
- (24:46) - Intifada - Underground schools and resistance - Green, trim 15%
- (29:43) - Teaching Palestine - Green
- (33:07) - Why People Can't See Palestine - Green
- (42:12) - Palestine Course and culture - Green
- (43:57) - Mixtape Confession - green (move earlier)
- (47:38) - Palestine Cultural Theft - Green
- (49:57) - More Zionist Discussion - Green (merge into previous section)
- (49:58) - Can Palestine Be Decolonized (Ending?) - Green "don't rush it"
- (56:51) - Iran/Palestine Trip - Yellow