Mohammed El-Kurd reveals his perception of Western media coverage on Palestine through his unique insight having experienced it from ‘both ends’. Firstly, since childhood having given interviews for various publications and documentaries reporting on the attempted ethnic forced displacement of his family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah and now working for The Nation as its first Palestine correspondent.

Zarefah Baroud conducted a thought-provoking interview with distinguished professor and author, Rashid Khalidi at Palestine Deep Dive’s New York event in collaboration with the Foreign Press Association, “Distant Voices No More? Giving Rise to a New Generation of Palestinian Journalists”.

The event “Distant Voices No More? Giving Rise to a New Generation of Palestinian Journalists” with Prof. Rashid Khalidi, Mohammed El-Kurd, María Fernanda Espinosa, Ramzy Baroud, Zarefah Baroud, Roger Waters, Enas Ghannam, Mark Seddon, Mike Hanna, Pam Bailey and Ian Williams marks the launch of our campaign, #ShowBothSides.