Living in GAZA and the WAR! With Ramy Shad | Episode #04

A passionate discussion with Ramy about his life growing up in Gaza, leaving to pursue education, losing his father in the war, how people can help, and what happens next.

NOTE: All opinions and thoughts shared in this episode by the guest are exclusively of the guest, and are not shared by or reflective of The Nabeel Show or the host Nabeel himself.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:40 The promised land
5:30 Growing up in Gaza
8:30 Father missing in Gaza, doing business, occupation.
13:30 Zionism, Theodore Herzl, establishment of Israel
14:45 Was the land bought?
19:00 Where is your family now? Displaced and missing
21:00 Does Israel want to control the world?
22:00 Education and schooling in Gaza
25:45 Freedoms and Restrictions in Gaza
29:10 Importance of education amongst Gazans, business and importing goods
33:00 Peace process, oppression, traumatic story from childhood.
40:00 Working for The United Nations, World Bank project to Survey all of Gaza.
50:00 UNRWA in Gaza and it's employees
52:00 Can you start a business in Gaza? The challenges of doing business.
54:40 Emotional story about Ramy's father and memories with him
1:00:30 Leaving Gaza for Dubai to find a job, Nothing is easy in Gaza
1:04:00 Social media is exposing everything
1:07:30 Visiting Gaza, Jerusalem. Challenges for visitors.
1:09:00 US and mediation in Israel
1:12:45 Moving forward to peace, how can we get there? October 7th.
1:14:00 Elections in Gaza.
1:16:00 October 7 and why did it happen?
1:21:00 Is this a genocide? Collective punishment?
1:25:50 A two-state solution? Possible?
1:26:20 How will this end? civilians in Rafah, defeat Hamas?
1:27:00 Does Israel want to take Gaza, push civilians into Rafah?
1:31:50 How about the West Bank? Ongoing settlements and violence.
1:34:30 Leaving Gaza, living in Canada. Mother & Family in Gaza?
1:39:00 Canada was dream. Disappointment. Couldn't continue career in city planning.
1:48:00 Wrapping-up and conclusions, how can the Palestinians be helped?