Identity/Crisis

The Right to Belong: A Palestinian Perspective - with Rana Fahoum

Identity/Crisis

Show Notes

What happens when citizenship and identity point in different directions?

In this episode, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Rana Fahoum, Vice President of the Shalom Hartman Institute and Director of Hartman’s Center for Shared Society, to examine the complexities of citizenship in Israel. Drawing on personal history, they reflect on belonging, collective rights, and the challenges of building Israel’s future for all its citizens.

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