Hamas Tortured Me. Now I'm Fighting for Peace | with Hamza Abu Howidy

Jay Solomon, autor de *Las guerras de Irán: Juegos de espionaje, batallas bancarias y los acuerdos secretos que transformaron Oriente Medio* y coautor del reportaje de The Free Press *Cómo Qatar compró Estados Unidos*, se une a Yasmine en el episodio 4 de *El Islam y Occidente* para analizar cómo gobiernos islamistas como Qatar e Irán han gastado miles de millones de dólares infiltrándose en los medios de comunicación, la educación y los gobiernos occidentales para controlar la narrativa y difundir su ideología.Jay Solomon es uno de los periodistas y escritores de investigación más destacados de Estados Unidos, con una trayectoria internacional de casi 30 años. Fue corresponsal jefe de asuntos exteriores de The Wall Street Journal durante más de una década, periodo en el que reveló algunas de las noticias más importantes de Washington, como los envíos secretos de dinero en efectivo de la administración Obama a Irán. También trabajó en Oriente Medio, India y Asia Oriental. Es experto en sanciones internacionales, finanzas ilícitas, proliferación nuclear y guerra cibernética.Jay en X: https://x.com/jaysolomonLas obras de Jay:Las guerras de Irán: https://a.co/d/hoNi9nrCómo Catar compró a America: https://www.thefp.com/p/how-qatar-bought-america?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Dalia Ziada, coordinadora en Washington, D.C. del Instituto para el Estudio del Antisemitismo Global y la Política (ISGAP), se une a Yasmine en el Episodio 3 de «El Islam y Occidente» para analizar la misión de los Hermanos Musulmanes y otros grupos islamistas en Occidente en la actualidad.Dalia Ziada es una escritora y analista política egipcia musulmana. Se especializa en gobernanza, geopolítica y seguridad regional en Oriente Medio. Ocupó altos cargos en centros de investigación y organizaciones de la sociedad civil regionales e internacionales en Egipto, Israel y Estados Unidos. Ha liderado proyectos, asesorado a responsables políticos y publicado artículos, informes y libros que analizan los conflictos geopolíticos y las relaciones de poder en Oriente Medio y el Mediterráneo Oriental. Desde mayo de 2024, Dalia visita campus universitarios estadounidenses, en colaboración con Hillel International, impartiendo conferencias sobre la cambiante geopolítica de Oriente Medio tras los atentados del 7 de octubre.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daliaziadaX/Twitter: https://x.com/daliaziada

Hussain Abdul-Hussain is a research fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) and the author of the book The Arab Case for Israel. He champions immediate, unconditional, and comprehensive peace between every Arab nation and the Jewish state.​Hussain joins Yasmine to discuss his book and to share with us why he believes peace with Israel is the only path to progress.  They will also ponder questions around Islam and Democracy. Is Islam compatible with democracy? Does Popper's Paradox perfectly encapsulate the issue with immigration of Islamists to western nations? How can democracy defend itself? Is democracy inherently vulnerable to ideologies like Islamism? Raised in Beirut, Baghdad, and Baalbek, cities that have repeatedly served as epicenters of the Middle East’s most seismic conflicts, Hussain’s research focuses on Arab affairs, spanning Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Sudan.His career launched as a reporter, and later managing editor, at Beirut’s The Daily Star. In Washington, he helped launch and manage the congressionally funded Arabic satellite network Alhurra Iraq before leading the Washington bureau of the Kuwaiti daily Alrai. He has also served as a Visiting Fellow at London’s Chatham House. Hussain’s articles in English have appeared in several outlets, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. He also publishes regularly in Arabic media. He holds a degree in history and archaeology from the American University of Beirut and is fluent in English, Arabic, and Hebrew.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abdulhussainhussainTwitter: https://x.com/hahussainExplore more of Hussain’s latest policy research and analysis at https://www.fdd.org/

Loay Alshareef is an Arab Muslim peace advocate, historian, and social media influencer whose mission is to bridge divides between Muslims and Jews and to champion peace in the Middle East.He will be joining Yasmine to discuss how antisemitic Muslims are spreading their hate to the west and how that hate is leveraged in the conflicts with Israel and Iran.Born and raised in Saudi Arabia to a Saudi Egyptian family that once held many radical views, Loay experienced a turning point in 2010 after living with a Jewish family in France. That experience reshaped his worldview and inspired his lifelong commitment to peace.He began his media career in Saudi Arabia, working across fields such as language education, history and tourism before dedicating himself fully to peace advocacy and promoting the Abraham Accords.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lalshareefTwitter: https://x.com/lalshareef

Hamza Abu Howidy is a Palestinian activist, writer, and educator from Gaza. He works to challenge extremism and promote dialogue between Muslims and Jews. A former political prisoner under Hamas, Hamza’s personal journey took him from radicalization to peace advocacy, leading him to dedicate his work to exposing the human cost of ideological warfare.  His writings and social media activism combine lived experience with sharp political analysis, focusing on Palestine-Israel, antisemitism, and the future of coexistence.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamzahowidyyTwitter/X: https://x.com/HowidyHamza

Salima was born in the UK to a strict Bangladeshi Muslim family. Her parents forced her to memorize the Quran, attend mosque, and wear the hijab from a very young age. She and her siblings were physically abused by their mother and kept isolated from other children their age.​When her parents began discussing a marriage to a cousin, she decided to run away with her sister. Because Salima was under 18, social services became involved and helped the two sisters escape safely. Unfortunately, the abuse continued in the foster system, and she had to leave her foster home to protect herself.​Today, Salima lives a life she once only dreamed of, sharing a home with her partner and their two dogs. She now speaks out about the abuse she endured to shed light on the realities faced by women with backgrounds like hers.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salima_alam

Sarit Gad grew up in a Jewish home in Miami, Florida, always drawn to the nostalgia of her ancestors who came from Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon. Her family did not pass down stories, but she always knew they had left the region and she carried that quiet history with her.The old warnings about Jewish hatred felt like distant echoes from another time, shadows she believed the world had already outgrown.She believed deeply in coexistence and peace. It was not until October 7th, while interning at the United Nations in New York, that the full complexity of reality became impossible to ignore.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saritmedia/

Magomyed was born in Saudi Arabia during a time of profound darkness. The morality police controlled the population through roadside checkpoints. They would halt vehicles and demand identification while aggressively interrogating passengers: “Who is this woman beside you?” Clerics cited ‘honour’ in their sermons, urging men to tighten their control over the women of their families, warning that otherwise they would be “forced” to commit violence to safeguard familial honor. Teachings such as these, repeated endlessly, propelled thousands of young men into the ranks of Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and similar groups.At seventeen, Magomyed was on the way to answer the call for jihad in Syria. Only 50 kilometers from the Saudi–Iraqi border, he turned back, deciding he wanted to find a different way to serve the ummah. Over the next two years he completely deradicalized, and later moved to Canada to pursue an engineering degree. Mogamyed will join Yasmine to discuss the normalization of radicalization in Islamic countries, how quickly that radicalization can lead to giving up your life in the name of Allah, and discuss the difficulty of deradicalization and all of the obstacles and risks involved with making that decision.

Amanda Knox is an exoneree, journalist, public speaker, author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Waiting to Be Heard and FREE: My Search for Meaning. She is the host of the podcast Hard Knox. Between 2007 and 2015, Amanda spent nearly four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit. She was finally acquitted of murder in 2015. She has since become an advocate for criminal justice reform and media ethics. Amanda is an Executive Producer of the 2025 mini-series The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox available on Hulu/Disney+.Amanda will be joining Yasmine to ponder the questions: What does resilience actually look like? What does it mean to be free?How do we live with what we can’t undo? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amamaknox/X: https://x.com/amandaknoxWebsite: https://www.amandaknox.comWaiting to be Heard: https://www.amandaknox.com/waiting-to-be-heard.htmlFREE: My Search for Meaning: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amanda-knox/free/9781538770719/

Jay Solomon, author of The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East and co-author of The Free Press report How Qatar Bought America joins Yasmine in Episode 4 of Islam and the West to discuss how Islamist governments like Qatar and Iran have spent billions of dollars infiltrating the media, education and governments in the West to control the narrative and spread their ideology.Jay Solomon is one of the U.S.’s premier investigative journalists and writers, with a global track record that goes back nearly 30 years. He was The Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign affairs correspondent for over a decade, during which he broke some of Washington’s largest stories, such as the Obama administration’s secret cash shipments to Iran. He also served tours in the Middle East, India, and East Asia. He’s an expert on international sanctions, illicit finance, nuclear proliferation, and cyber warfare.Jay on X: https://x.com/jaysolomonJay’s works:The Iran Wars: https://a.co/d/hoNi9nrHow Qatar Bought America: https://www.thefp.com/p/how-qatar-bought-america?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web