In this episode, Nourah is speaking with Fayrouz Sharqawi in Jerusalem on the negative impacts of NGOs on Palestinian liberation efforts and the gentrification of East Jerusalem by Western/international aid workers. Fayrouz is a co-founder and organizer with Grassroots Al-Quds, a crowd-source funded Palestinian organization in Jerusalem. Their organization is working to create a sustainable model for Palestinian organizations to fund their efforts without being tied to the constraints set by traditional Western aid. Check out their website to get more information on how you can get involved & support their efforts. website: http://grassrootsalquds.net facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grassrootsjerusalem/ Hosted by: Maxine Edited by: Maxine Art by: Maxine Music by: Jbeineh by Sabreen

This episodes stitches together three recordings with Palestinian painter Jeanette Habash, as she sat down to Olive Oil & Time hosts to discuss her processes as a painter. As we put together this conversation, we attempted to honor her processes of layering her work by overlapping recordings of the artist and her grandfather, Dawood Habash, who is sampled at the end recalling how the British supported Zionist colonizers. Hosted by: Maxine and Samer Edited by: Maxine Art by: Samer and Maxine Music by: Le Trio Joubran- Nawwar

Chicago based Palestinian-Lebanese MMA fighter Ramy Daoud sits down with Olive Oil & Time host Nourah to discuss his work. In this podcast, Nourah and Ramy discuss the difficulty of vocalizing Palestinian heritage and toxic masculinity in the Arab community. Rami calls upon men in the Arab community to "do better." This episode also gives listeners a glimpse into how masculinity is often projected onto younger people in our community, and how Rami challenges these structures. Hosted by: Nourah and Samer Edited by: Nourah Art by: Nourah Music by: DAM - How You Are

In episode 1, Nourah & Samer discuss the history of political rape used by Zionist colonizers in Palestine to expedite the ethnic cleansing of our communities, how the Palestinian national struggle attempted to counter act this with the slogan "Land Before Honor", the sidelining of the Palestinian women's movement by mainstream discourse and how this historical framework leads into the increase of domestic violence in Palestinian households and the lack of social accountability. This podcast also gives listeners a glimpse into the lives of the hosts of this show by sharing stories and struggle of our mothers that informs the way each host engages both our society and our world. Thank you for all the support we have received as we have put this project together. We are excited to share this project with ya'll, and hope it can be a platform that engages the Palestinian community. Please reach out to us on either Facebook or Twitter with any questions, comments or criticisms of the material we are sharing with you today. Hosted by: Maxine Anwaar and Samer Owaida Produced by: Maxine Anwaar Edited by: Maxine Anwaar Music by: Marcel Khalife, Ya Oumi Poem by: Mahmoud Darwish, Ya Oumi

In our first promocast release, Olive Oil & Time host Nourah sits down with Chicago based Palestinian textile artist Kiki Salem to discuss how she weaves her identity through her art. This conversation focuses on "futurizing" our traditional cultures as Palestinian youth in diaspora in order to recreate and create our identities and communities to face our modern challenges and cultivate love and worth in our lives. Olive Oil & Time's promocasts will be released as a mini series alongside our podcasts, with the aims to promote the amazing work of Palestinians in the diaspora, as well as the watan. Please check out our Facebook page @oliveoilandtime for more information and resources on this promocast, as well as staying up-to-day with our coming podcast series. Hosted by: Maxine Anwaar and Samer Owaida Produced by: Maxine Anwaar Edited by: Maxine Anwaar Music by: Leve Palestina, Krossa Sionismen (Long Live Palestine, Crush Zionism) by Swedish Arabic group Kofia.