Reporting, storytelling and running in Jerusalem with Jalal Abukhater

Jalal Abukhater is a young Palestinian journalist, storyteller and runner, reporting from Jerusalem on life as witnessed and lived. With Jalal we talked about what it means to be a reporter from Jerusalem and how people from abroad see the city. Jalal remembers his time in Scotland and what it means to be a Jerusalemite abroad; from here we talked about current politics including the question of the Blue Jerusalem ID. Storytelling took us then into family history showing how one who knows Jerusalem may not really belong to it, but as a previous guest said, no one owns Jerusalem, people are owned by the city. Given Jalal profession, inevitably, we talked about Sheik Jarrah and shared views about this. Last but not least, as Jalal is a marathon runner, we talked about running around Jerusalem.

https://www.jalalabukhater.com/

Originally published on 09/29/2021

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