In part one of our interview with Zalloum, he schools us on Palestinian basketball players, what its like playing in Palestine and what he thinks of the Palestinian Basketball Federation and the Palestinian Premier League.
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In part one of our interview with Zalloum, he schools us on Palestinian basketball players, what its like playing in Palestine and what he thinks of the Palestinian Basketball Federation and the Palestinian Premier League.
The first time Ibrahim, 18, played in Palestine was 2018, when the Palestinian American Athletic Organization invited her to join a team of U.S. citizens traveling to play against Palestinian club teams. There, she and a few of her teammates caught the attention of Amer Khair — head coach of the Palestinian women’s national team.
Last year, in a match surrounded by controversy, Ibrahim dethroned Adam Rothweiler, who held the World Boxing Council [WBC] championship for the past three years. In the first part of his interview with Palestine in America for our sports edition and our podcast, the 25-year-old described what it took to become a WBC champion.
Yasmeen Mashayekh, a Palestinian college student at the University of Southern California (USC), joined Palestine in America’s podcast to discuss facing calls for expulsion, death threats, and a visit from the FBI after being targeted by StopAntisemitism.org and Canary Mission for speaking out for Palestinian rights.
After losing by a mere four audience votes, Mama Yaya joined the podcast to discuss the experience of being on ‘Alter Ego’, how it compared to being on ‘American Idol,’ growing up in a Palestinian and Jewish household and she broke the news that she is planning a tour!
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