Listen "The Sumud flotilla and Yousef Alhelou's Pheonix of Gaza | Falastin Podcast with Jehan Alfarra"
Episode Synopsis
Yousef Alhelou is a Palestinian journalist, political analyst and filmmaker from Gaza, now based in the UK. Yousef has spent years reporting on Palestine. His most recent award-winning documentary film - The Phoenix of Gaza - captures his last visit to the Strip just months before October 2023 and offers an intimate look at the vibrant side of Gaza, its many landmarks and the resilience of its people who have endured nearly two decades under Israeli blockade.Yousef has just returned from Tunisia, where the Sumud Flotilla, an international civilian mission, is sailing towards Gaza in solidarity to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians, in defiance of Israel’s siege.