The Enlightenment Podcast
@enlightenpod.bsky.social
Filmmakers and creatives talking about the stories that matter to us - starting with Palestine. We believe in social impact, humanism and hope.
Activist Frank Barat: The organizer who helped raise £1.5M for Palestine at a sold-out Wembley concert. He discusses 6 years of documenting war crimes & cultural resistance in this episode.
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#FrankBarat #Palestine #GazaGenocide #CulturalResistance
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#FrankBarat #Palestine #GazaGenocide #CulturalResistance
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Activist Frank Barat: The organizer who helped raise £1.5M for Palestine at a sold-out Wembley concert. He discusses 6 years of documenting war crimes & cultural resistance in this episode.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI%...
#FrankBarat #Palestine #GazaGenocide #CulturalResistance
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/fzEy6Oe2haI%...
#FrankBarat #Palestine #GazaGenocide #CulturalResistance
On Oct 9, 2023, Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah walked into Al-Shifa & witnessed a "tsunami" of wounded—500-700 per strike. He calls the scale & destruction of healthcare what it is: genocide.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#GazaGenocide #DrGhassanAbuSittah #WarCrimes #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#GazaGenocide #DrGhassanAbuSittah #WarCrimes #Palestine
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
On Oct 9, 2023, Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah walked into Al-Shifa & witnessed a "tsunami" of wounded—500-700 per strike. He calls the scale & destruction of healthcare what it is: genocide.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#GazaGenocide #DrGhassanAbuSittah #WarCrimes #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#GazaGenocide #DrGhassanAbuSittah #WarCrimes #Palestine
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah: "#ScorchedEarth" in Gaza is a textbook strategy of genocide. He details the systemic destruction of water/sewage and hospitals to create famine & epidemics.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8 🎙️
#GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8 🎙️
#GazaGenocide
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah: "#ScorchedEarth" in Gaza is a textbook strategy of genocide. He details the systemic destruction of water/sewage and hospitals to create famine & epidemics.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8 🎙️
#GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8 🎙️
#GazaGenocide
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, #Gaza surgeon, describes the unthinkable: operating on wounded children with NO anesthesia after supplies were cut. A vital testimony on a deliberately dismantled health system & #warcrimes.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, #Gaza surgeon, describes the unthinkable: operating on wounded children with NO anesthesia after supplies were cut. A vital testimony on a deliberately dismantled health system & #warcrimes.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah With reporters blocked, Gaza's doctors became the world's eyewitnesses to the genocide. Their testimony from hospitals under attack is shaping global truth.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #MedicalTestimony #WarCrimes #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #MedicalTestimony #WarCrimes #Palestine
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah With reporters blocked, Gaza's doctors became the world's eyewitnesses to the genocide. Their testimony from hospitals under attack is shaping global truth.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #MedicalTestimony #WarCrimes #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/kSTDEz8w9N8
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #MedicalTestimony #WarCrimes #Palestine
Dr. Ramzy Baroud on UN Resolution 2803: A "shameful" move that enables suffering. He says Israel failed its political goals & #Zionism is exposed. "#Gaza is still standing."
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
#Palestine #UNResolution2803 #GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
#Palestine #UNResolution2803 #GazaGenocide
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Dr. Ramzy Baroud on UN Resolution 2803: A "shameful" move that enables suffering. He says Israel failed its political goals & #Zionism is exposed. "#Gaza is still standing."
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
#Palestine #UNResolution2803 #GazaGenocide
🎧 Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
#Palestine #UNResolution2803 #GazaGenocide
Dr. @RamzyBaroud's unfiltered truth: "Gaza's reality is genocide, not a conflict or cycle." He details families erased across Gaza, including his own. Hear the truth directly.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5xFl...
#GazaGenocide #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5xFl...
#GazaGenocide #Palestine
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Dr. @RamzyBaroud's unfiltered truth: "Gaza's reality is genocide, not a conflict or cycle." He details families erased across Gaza, including his own. Hear the truth directly.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5xFl...
#GazaGenocide #Palestine
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
🎙️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5xFl...
#GazaGenocide #Palestine
In our new episode, Dr. Ramzy Baroud reminds us: Gaza didn’t start in 2023, it began 77 years ago.
Entire families were forced into #Gaza after being expelled from their homes, rebuilding life inside what became the world’s largest open-air prison.
📺 youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
Entire families were forced into #Gaza after being expelled from their homes, rebuilding life inside what became the world’s largest open-air prison.
📺 youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In our new episode, Dr. Ramzy Baroud reminds us: Gaza didn’t start in 2023, it began 77 years ago.
Entire families were forced into #Gaza after being expelled from their homes, rebuilding life inside what became the world’s largest open-air prison.
📺 youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
Entire families were forced into #Gaza after being expelled from their homes, rebuilding life inside what became the world’s largest open-air prison.
📺 youtu.be/RKtdNoED9jw
The world treats the Balfour Declaration as if it were official — but as Prof. John Quigley explains, it had no legal force.
Not issued by Balfour, never ratified, and no authority to promise Palestine to anyone.
📺 youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
#Palestine #BalfourDeclaration
Not issued by Balfour, never ratified, and no authority to promise Palestine to anyone.
📺 youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
#Palestine #BalfourDeclaration
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The world treats the Balfour Declaration as if it were official — but as Prof. John Quigley explains, it had no legal force.
Not issued by Balfour, never ratified, and no authority to promise Palestine to anyone.
📺 youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
#Palestine #BalfourDeclaration
Not issued by Balfour, never ratified, and no authority to promise Palestine to anyone.
📺 youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
#Palestine #BalfourDeclaration
In Episode 60, Prof John Quigley explains how Britain took control without consulting Palestinians — violating the League of Nations Covenant — and why the Mandate was never a lawful endorsement of the Balfour Declaration.
🎧 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
🎧 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In Episode 60, Prof John Quigley explains how Britain took control without consulting Palestinians — violating the League of Nations Covenant — and why the Mandate was never a lawful endorsement of the Balfour Declaration.
🎧 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
🎧 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
Watch our new episode with Prof John Quigley, one of the world’s leading experts on international law and the legal history of Palestine — as he breaks down Britain’s illegal rule over #Palestine & the legal case, #BritainOwesPalestine
youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Watch our new episode with Prof John Quigley, one of the world’s leading experts on international law and the legal history of Palestine — as he breaks down Britain’s illegal rule over #Palestine & the legal case, #BritainOwesPalestine
youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
youtu.be/K1EPurgov5A
Hollywood didn’t “wake up” — audiences did.
As Rolla Selbak says in Ep. 59, people rejected Hollywood’s manufactured stories on #Palestine, and now the industry is scrambling to look like it cares.
When Hollywood shifts overnight, ask why:
Is it solidarity — or strategy?
As Rolla Selbak says in Ep. 59, people rejected Hollywood’s manufactured stories on #Palestine, and now the industry is scrambling to look like it cares.
When Hollywood shifts overnight, ask why:
Is it solidarity — or strategy?
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hollywood didn’t “wake up” — audiences did.
As Rolla Selbak says in Ep. 59, people rejected Hollywood’s manufactured stories on #Palestine, and now the industry is scrambling to look like it cares.
When Hollywood shifts overnight, ask why:
Is it solidarity — or strategy?
As Rolla Selbak says in Ep. 59, people rejected Hollywood’s manufactured stories on #Palestine, and now the industry is scrambling to look like it cares.
When Hollywood shifts overnight, ask why:
Is it solidarity — or strategy?
For decades, mainstream media has twisted Palestine’s story, erasing context, sanitizing violence, and blaming the oppressed.
Malcolm warned us: when power controls the narrative, truth becomes the threat.
People are waking up. Keep questioning. Keep looking again. #FreePalestine
Malcolm warned us: when power controls the narrative, truth becomes the threat.
People are waking up. Keep questioning. Keep looking again. #FreePalestine
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
For decades, mainstream media has twisted Palestine’s story, erasing context, sanitizing violence, and blaming the oppressed.
Malcolm warned us: when power controls the narrative, truth becomes the threat.
People are waking up. Keep questioning. Keep looking again. #FreePalestine
Malcolm warned us: when power controls the narrative, truth becomes the threat.
People are waking up. Keep questioning. Keep looking again. #FreePalestine
In our Ep 59, Filmmaker Rolla Selbak shares why she created Safina Filmmakers Project — a free platform offering workshops, coaching, fellowships, and funding for Palestinian storytellers everywhere. When
🎧 youtu.be/CpO_vfgPOwI
🎧 youtu.be/CpO_vfgPOwI
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In our Ep 59, Filmmaker Rolla Selbak shares why she created Safina Filmmakers Project — a free platform offering workshops, coaching, fellowships, and funding for Palestinian storytellers everywhere. When
🎧 youtu.be/CpO_vfgPOwI
🎧 youtu.be/CpO_vfgPOwI
“They can manipulate algorithms — but they can’t silence a movement.”
Rolla Selbak breaks down censorship, shadowbans, and why Palestine keeps breaking through the cracks.
🎧 youtu.be/CpO_vfgPOwI
#FreePalestine #EndTheOccupation #DigitalCensorship
Rolla Selbak breaks down censorship, shadowbans, and why Palestine keeps breaking through the cracks.
🎧 youtu.be/CpO_vfgPOwI
#FreePalestine #EndTheOccupation #DigitalCensorship
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“They can manipulate algorithms — but they can’t silence a movement.”
Rolla Selbak breaks down censorship, shadowbans, and why Palestine keeps breaking through the cracks.
🎧 youtu.be/CpO_vfgPOwI
#FreePalestine #EndTheOccupation #DigitalCensorship
Rolla Selbak breaks down censorship, shadowbans, and why Palestine keeps breaking through the cracks.
🎧 youtu.be/CpO_vfgPOwI
#FreePalestine #EndTheOccupation #DigitalCensorship
“We’re not better than any other people — but no other people are better than us.” — Tawfiq Ziad
In Ep. 58, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti calls for one simple thing: equality. Treat Palestinians as human. Freedom isn’t radical — it’s inevitable.
🎧 youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine
In Ep. 58, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti calls for one simple thing: equality. Treat Palestinians as human. Freedom isn’t radical — it’s inevitable.
🎧 youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“We’re not better than any other people — but no other people are better than us.” — Tawfiq Ziad
In Ep. 58, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti calls for one simple thing: equality. Treat Palestinians as human. Freedom isn’t radical — it’s inevitable.
🎧 youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine
In Ep. 58, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti calls for one simple thing: equality. Treat Palestinians as human. Freedom isn’t radical — it’s inevitable.
🎧 youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine
“Israel’s project was never about peace — it was about erasure.”
In Ep. 58, Dr. @MustafaBarghou1 explains how Gaza’s 2.2M Palestinians resisted ethnic cleansing. Despite mass killings, their resilience proves freedom cannot be erased.
🎧 youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine
In Ep. 58, Dr. @MustafaBarghou1 explains how Gaza’s 2.2M Palestinians resisted ethnic cleansing. Despite mass killings, their resilience proves freedom cannot be erased.
🎧 youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“Israel’s project was never about peace — it was about erasure.”
In Ep. 58, Dr. @MustafaBarghou1 explains how Gaza’s 2.2M Palestinians resisted ethnic cleansing. Despite mass killings, their resilience proves freedom cannot be erased.
🎧 youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine
In Ep. 58, Dr. @MustafaBarghou1 explains how Gaza’s 2.2M Palestinians resisted ethnic cleansing. Despite mass killings, their resilience proves freedom cannot be erased.
🎧 youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine
“The war didn’t stop because world leaders grew a conscience — it stopped because people rose up.”
In Ep. 58, Dr. @MustafaBarghou1 explains how global solidarity — not politics — forced a pause in Gaza.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine #MustafaBarghouti
In Ep. 58, Dr. @MustafaBarghou1 explains how global solidarity — not politics — forced a pause in Gaza.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine #MustafaBarghouti
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“The war didn’t stop because world leaders grew a conscience — it stopped because people rose up.”
In Ep. 58, Dr. @MustafaBarghou1 explains how global solidarity — not politics — forced a pause in Gaza.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine #MustafaBarghouti
In Ep. 58, Dr. @MustafaBarghou1 explains how global solidarity — not politics — forced a pause in Gaza.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine #MustafaBarghouti
He’s treated the wounded under fire, been shot by an Israeli sniper, & spent 50+ years fighting for Palestinian freedom through medicine & nonviolent resistance.
🎧 Dr. Mustafa Barghouti joins The Enlightenment Podcast → youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine #MustafaBarghouti
🎧 Dr. Mustafa Barghouti joins The Enlightenment Podcast → youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine #MustafaBarghouti
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
He’s treated the wounded under fire, been shot by an Israeli sniper, & spent 50+ years fighting for Palestinian freedom through medicine & nonviolent resistance.
🎧 Dr. Mustafa Barghouti joins The Enlightenment Podcast → youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine #MustafaBarghouti
🎧 Dr. Mustafa Barghouti joins The Enlightenment Podcast → youtu.be/_o6lJngPD9o
#FreePalestine #MustafaBarghouti
What if Palestine was never “granted” to Britain — but taken?
Dr. #VictorKattan reveals in Episode 57 that the British Mandate was never legally approved — a self-imposed occupation justified through colonial manipulation.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/VA1wLPOt_BI
#FreePalestine
Dr. #VictorKattan reveals in Episode 57 that the British Mandate was never legally approved — a self-imposed occupation justified through colonial manipulation.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/VA1wLPOt_BI
#FreePalestine
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What if Palestine was never “granted” to Britain — but taken?
Dr. #VictorKattan reveals in Episode 57 that the British Mandate was never legally approved — a self-imposed occupation justified through colonial manipulation.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/VA1wLPOt_BI
#FreePalestine
Dr. #VictorKattan reveals in Episode 57 that the British Mandate was never legally approved — a self-imposed occupation justified through colonial manipulation.
🎧 Watch: youtu.be/VA1wLPOt_BI
#FreePalestine
Long before Israel’s occupation, Britain wrote the playbook for repression in Palestine.
Under the Mandate, Palestinians were denied peaceful resistance — met with martial law, torture, and demolitions.
What we see today is empire’s legacy.
#FreePalestine #Gaza
Under the Mandate, Palestinians were denied peaceful resistance — met with martial law, torture, and demolitions.
What we see today is empire’s legacy.
#FreePalestine #Gaza
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Long before Israel’s occupation, Britain wrote the playbook for repression in Palestine.
Under the Mandate, Palestinians were denied peaceful resistance — met with martial law, torture, and demolitions.
What we see today is empire’s legacy.
#FreePalestine #Gaza
Under the Mandate, Palestinians were denied peaceful resistance — met with martial law, torture, and demolitions.
What we see today is empire’s legacy.
#FreePalestine #Gaza
“The truth about #Palestine is one the world refuses to face.
Silence won’t bring peace — it only deepens the wound.
Once we truly see Gaza, we can never unsee.
Stand with those still living what others choose to ignore. 🇵🇸
#JamesBaldwin #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack
Silence won’t bring peace — it only deepens the wound.
Once we truly see Gaza, we can never unsee.
Stand with those still living what others choose to ignore. 🇵🇸
#JamesBaldwin #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“The truth about #Palestine is one the world refuses to face.
Silence won’t bring peace — it only deepens the wound.
Once we truly see Gaza, we can never unsee.
Stand with those still living what others choose to ignore. 🇵🇸
#JamesBaldwin #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack
Silence won’t bring peace — it only deepens the wound.
Once we truly see Gaza, we can never unsee.
Stand with those still living what others choose to ignore. 🇵🇸
#JamesBaldwin #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack
For over a century, British complicity has fueled Palestinian suffering — from the Balfour Declaration to today’s war crimes. Catch our latest episode with Dr. Victor Kattan
🎧 youtu.be/VA1wLPOt_BI
#FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #StopArmingIsrael
🎧 youtu.be/VA1wLPOt_BI
#FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #StopArmingIsrael
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
For over a century, British complicity has fueled Palestinian suffering — from the Balfour Declaration to today’s war crimes. Catch our latest episode with Dr. Victor Kattan
🎧 youtu.be/VA1wLPOt_BI
#FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #StopArmingIsrael
🎧 youtu.be/VA1wLPOt_BI
#FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #StopArmingIsrael
📜 On Nov 2, 1917, Britain promised away a land it didn’t own.
The #BalfourDeclaration wasn’t a peace pledge — it was the blueprint for colonization.
From 1917 to Gaza today, the same empire logic endures: Palestinian lives remain negotiable.
#FreePalestine #Nakba #Gaza
The #BalfourDeclaration wasn’t a peace pledge — it was the blueprint for colonization.
From 1917 to Gaza today, the same empire logic endures: Palestinian lives remain negotiable.
#FreePalestine #Nakba #Gaza
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
📜 On Nov 2, 1917, Britain promised away a land it didn’t own.
The #BalfourDeclaration wasn’t a peace pledge — it was the blueprint for colonization.
From 1917 to Gaza today, the same empire logic endures: Palestinian lives remain negotiable.
#FreePalestine #Nakba #Gaza
The #BalfourDeclaration wasn’t a peace pledge — it was the blueprint for colonization.
From 1917 to Gaza today, the same empire logic endures: Palestinian lives remain negotiable.
#FreePalestine #Nakba #Gaza