In this episode I speak to Amir Tamer - a twenty-one year old man from Gaza. We speak about his childhood, the current reality and how he sees the future for himself and the children of his neighbourhood, Al-Deraj, where the local school was bombed in 2024.

This was an incredibly poignant conversation. It made me recall the year I started University and my own daughter starting her undergraduate studies, too. The constant noise of children in the background, and wondering what their lives will be like make this very difficult but necessary listening. Those children can have a future - but it depends on what the world does next...

"Then, around eighteen, you start to make plans and become ambitious. You think about achieving things, trying things… About travelling and deciding what you want to do.

I actually had a conditional offer to study at Goldsmiths University in London, but the summer I turned eighteen ended on October 7th and our lives were turned upside down.

It is like something takes you from being young man and makes you take responsibility. Not only for yourself, but for the people around you.

We don’t have the chance to be young anymore, and it will never come back."

Donate to Amir's gofundme page here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-and-my-family-to-resist-genocide?attribution_id=sl:96ad8687-ec64-47f8-a9f5-74f3d33e902b&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

Amir's YouTube address:
https://youtube.com/@ameer-prince1?si=ecmc76J4HMZlGEnK