AFMN is happy to reshare this broadcast of Unbound from March 30th, 2026. Unbound is a bi‑weekly radio show hosted by Sam and Ammel on 90.1FM WUSB Radio Stony Brook, NY.

This episode features an interview with the founders of Watermelon Sisters. Watermelon Sisters is a grassroots nonprofit organization founded by Souher Fakhoury, based in the Chicago area, working to provide humanitarian aid and art therapy to Palestinians in Gaza.

If you are interested in learning more about this show and would like to get in touch with the hosts, head over to
https://www.amalillustration.com/radio or email sam.yanuck@gmail.com or Amal@amalillustration.com or follow them on Upscrolled.

For copyright reasons we have had to not include the music from the show.

AFMN is happy to reshare this broadcast of Unbound from March 16th, 2026. Unbound is a bi‑weekly radio show hosted by Sam and Amal on 90.1FM WUSB Radio Stony Brook, NY.

This episode features an interview with activist Ella Engel. Ella is an activist involved in the Palestine solidarity movement, recently returned from working as an observer to settler violence in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem.

The conversation ranges from her experience in that neighbourhood – known for the art project I Witness Silwan – and also her experience volunteering on a working farm.

If you are interested in learning more about this show and would like to get in touch with the hosts, head over to
https://www.amalillustration.com/radio or email sam.yanuck@gmail.com or amal@amalillustration.com or follow them on Upscrolled.

For copyright reasons we have had to not include the music from the show.

AFMN is excited to reshare this episode of Unbound, a radio show hosted by Sam and Amal on 90.1FM WUSB in Stony Brook, NY.

Originally broadcast on March 2, 2026, this episode features a brilliant interview with distinguished Palestinian author, translator, and journalist Yousef M. Aljamal. A former student of the late Refaat Alareer, Yousef currently serves as the Gaza Coordinator at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).

This episode marks the beginning of our collaboration with the show, and we are thrilled to bring it to our audience.

If you would like to learn more about Unbound or get in touch with the hosts, visit https://www.amalillustration.com/radio, email sam.yanuck@gmail.com or amal@amalillustration.com, or follow them on Upscrolled.

Please note: due to copyright restrictions, music from the original broadcast is not included in this episode.

This short teaser episode announces our collaboration and introduces our audience to the folks behind Unbound: The Art and Culture of Palestine, a bi weekly radio show on WUSB FM that shares and explores Palestinian arts and culture through interviews, music, and exchange. It is a much-needed initiative that brings to the foreground the role of culture and art in the Palestinian struggle, while also connecting listeners with real stories from people on the ground across Gaza and the occupied territories.

From now on, you can expect to find regular instalments of their show on our feed for those who are not able to listen live.

AFMN is delighted to share our newest podcast series, Mothers of Resistance. This podcast is made for and by mothers, carers, and anyone fighting for a better world against empire.

In the first episode, our new host, Fatima, joins Abdullah to talk about her experience as a Muslim Bangladeshi organizer living and working on Long Island—navigating motherhood and raising kids while staying rooted in the movement.

Listen now, and stay tuned for the next installment.

In this episode, we trace the urgent and living thread of revolutionary thought that links Frantz Fanon's century-old analysis to the current genocide and resistance in Gaza. Moving beyond his academic appropriation and liberal iconography, we examine how his foundational works—from the psychology of colonial violence to the necessity of liberatory force—provide an uncompromising lens for the Palestinian struggle. We dissect the conditions of "the zone of non-being" imposed upon Gaza and explore Fanon’s critique of national consciousness and the pitfalls of false decolonization. Crucially, we ask how reclaiming a revolutionary Fanon, one forged in the fires of Algeria, arms us to understand the present rupture, from the rubble of hospitals to the resilience of a people insisting they are, in Fanon's words, the "Wretched of the Earth" no more.

In this episode, we trace the turbulent history that links the Palestinian armed struggle, Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, and the emergence of Hezbollah as a powerful force in the region. From the PLO’s “state-within-a-state” in southern Lebanon to the devastation of Operation Peace in Galilee and the Sabra and Shatila massacres, we examine how cycles of repression and resistance reshaped the landscape of liberation movements. We explore the social and political conditions of Lebanon’s Shi’ite community, the influence of the Iranian Revolution, and how Hezbollah rose from the ashes of the PLO’s expulsion to become the first guerrilla group to force Israel from occupied territory.

Timestamps

Intro
0:00 – 4:45 — Introduction

DIALECTICS OF REPRESSION & RESISTANCE | Framework for Interpretation
4:45 – 14:06 — Overview of the dialectical relationship between colonial repression and anti-colonial resistance

THE PLO & ISRAEL IN LEBANON | Context for the 1982 Invasion

14:06 – 34:46
— The PLO “State-Within-a-State”
— ‘Eretz Israel’ Expansionism and Lebanon
— The Sharon Plan
— “...NOT OURS TO DESTROY” | Operation Peace in Galilee & PLO Expulsion

HEZBOLLAH FROM THE ASHES OF THE PLO

34:46 – 53:44
— The Shi’ites of Southern Lebanon
— The Iranian Revolution
— The Party of God Forms

THE RESISTANCE IS HEZBOLLAH AND HEZBOLLAH IS THE RESISTANCE 53:44 – 1:13:52

— The Resistance Priority & Logic
— Breaking Prestige | The Aura of Invincibility Destroyed, 1985–2000
— The Second Intifada, 2000–2005
— “The Greatest Guerrilla Group in the World”

Conclusion
1:13:52 – 1:17:16 — Conclusion