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The New Humanitarian brings you an inside look at the conflicts and natural disasters that leave millions of people in need each year, and the policies and people who respond to them. Join TNH’s journalists in the aid policy hub of Geneva and in global hotspots to unpack the stories that are disrupting and shaping lives around the world.
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TNHP Episode 3: The Artist of Life: Overcoming Challenges in Martial Arts and Health with Sifu Aaron Gall
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For the third episode, we will be talking with Aaron Gall. Gall is a martial arts instructor at The Ohio State University, a certified Jeet Kune Do instructor, podcaster, artist, and Kidney recipient. Today we will be discussing his journey into the martial arts world, understanding his philosophy, and how Aaron Gall was able to still teach classes…
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In Syria, 'waiting for war' | First Person
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Our First Person narratives dig into the humanity of humanitarian challenges. In this episode, Zeina Shahla, a reporting fellow with The New Humanitarian based in Damascus expresses what it is like to live in the shadow of war. With everyone in Syria living on edge since the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated last month in …
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In the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, ‘everything seems fine, until it's not’ | First Person
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Our First Person narratives dig into the humanity of humanitarian challenges. In this episode, Ali Latifi, The New Humanitarian’s Asia Editor and co-host of the What's Unsaid podcast, marks the anniversary of the creation of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in his home country, Afghanistan. Three years on, the country is still in the throes of a human…
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‘Everyone in Gaza is exhausted’ | First Person
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Our First Person narratives dig into the humanity of humanitarian challenges. In this episode, Mahmoud Shalabi describes the difficult reality of life in his home, Beit Lahia. When the Israeli military issued orders last October for 1.1 million Palestinians to evacuate their homes in the north of Gaza, Shalabi refused to leave. “I believed that rem…
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Water ‘stress’ affects every aspect of life in Warawa, Nigeria | First Person
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Our First Person narratives aim to dig into the humanity of humanitarian challenges. In this episode, Yusuf Sa’adu, a shopkeeper in Warawa in Nigeria’s Kano state, points out that “whoever has abundant water has wealth”. He shares how water scarcity made him lose out on education and still impacts personal relationships. “If you are experiencing wa…
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*This episode was originally published on November 9, 2023. Palestinian peace activist Nivine Sandouka discusses the difficult way forward for building trust between Israelis and Palestinians. Hosted by Irwin Loy. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the w…
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A Syrian reminder: The ones you once saw suffering, still are | First Person
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Iyad Agha, a Syrian now living in Germany, has been working on his country's humanitarian crisis for nearly a decade. The United Nations itself recently said that “Syria is in danger of being forgotten”, while noting that the country is facing the highest levels of humanitarian need since the start of its 13-year war. Some 7.2 million people have b…
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The preventable trauma of humanitarians | What’s Unsaid (REPLAY)
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*This episode was originally published on September 27, 2023. Aid worker and psychologist Imogen Wall tells host Ali Latifi that the way humanitarian organisations are run, can do as much damage to aid workers' mental health as being confronted with war, hunger, and rights abuses. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where …
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The stories humanitarians tell (and why they need to change) | Rethinking Humanitarianism
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When crises hit, a host of questions arise, among them: Who needs humanitarian aid? How much? Who delivers it? And who has the power to make all of those decisions? How aid agencies and the media choose to frame this information doesn’t always help. For the last year, researchers at ODI’s Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) have been trying to understa…
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Who can the Rohingya rely on? | What’s Unsaid
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Exiled from a country plagued by decades of civil war, allegations of genocide and ethnic cleansing, and limits on basic democratic rights, Maung Zarni, an academic, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace prize nominee, explains why the Rohingya cannot rely on protection from within the country. “I'm Burmese myself,” he tells host Ali Latifi. “We h…
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Viewed from Western aid capitals, the international humanitarian system is overwhelmingly secular. But for much of the rest of the world, people’s lived realities are very different. As Amjad Mohamed Saleem, a development and peacebuilding entrepreneur tells host Obi Anyadike, being a person of faith in the aid industry is a “dynamic struggle”. Wha…
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‘Culture of solidarity’: Why I’m hosting Congolese relatives who fled the M23 conflict | First Person
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One and a half million people have been uprooted by the conflict between the M23 rebel group and the national army in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many are now living with host families, little-heralded frontline responders who play a central role in relief efforts across the region. Nicholas Bahati Ndoolé, a humanitarian worker based …
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An interview with the UN’s humanitarian chief | Rethinking Humanitarianism (REPLAY)
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*As Martin Griffiths serves his last month at the helm of OCHA, take another listen to this episode from January 26, 2022 on his vision for the future of humanitarian aid, and his hopes for a non-British successor. ____ In the final episode of Season 2 of the Rethinking Humanitarianism podcast, host Heba Aly sits down with UN Under-Secretary-Genera…
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Does India know what’s ahead? | What’s Unsaid
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India’s incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of hate speech against Muslims during the election campaign. But Harsh Mander, a writer and peace worker, tells host Ali Latifi that Muslims are being mistreated and discriminated against at all levels of civil and political society. With results looming, he warns that Modi’s India is …
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Venezuelans Are So Tired of Living on the Edge | First Person
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After 25 years as an international humanitarian worker, Susana Raffalli returned to Venezuela only to find herself at the centre of a humanitarian, political, and economic crisis in her own backyard. She describes the devastating impact that 10 years of crisis has had on Venezuelans and argues that the Latin American country has been largely neglec…
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Humanitarian organisations often push an image of refugees as passive victims in need of help. But refugees themselves say they have voices and need to be listened to. Refugee advocate Jean Marie Ishimwe tells host Obi Anyadike why it’s time for the refugee-led organisation, or RLO, ‘revolution’. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Huma…
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‘Give us the money’: Aid as reparations | Rethinking Humanitarianism (REPLAY)
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*This episode was originally published on December 14, 2022. The call for reparations, which has long reverberated in former colonies, is now gaining momentum in the aid and philanthropy sectors, too. It’s a call that rejects the idea of aid as charitable giving, and instead reframes it as justice for the ravages of colonialism and imperialism. But…
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Migrants and refugees are easy political targets | What’s Unsaid
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A visit to Inzargai refugee registration centre in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province prompts host Ali Latifi to explore how governments around the world are weaponising anti-refugee and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Economic and security “frustrations are absolutely real”, Professor Muhammad Zaman, director of the Center on Forced Displacement at Boston U…
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TNHP Episode 2:Start Working Towards Your Dreams TODAY-Jade Cessna, Author of "Dreamer to Doer"
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For The second episode of The New Human Project Podcast, we will be speaking with Jade Cessna. Jade is the author of her new self help book "Dreamer to Doer". Join us as we delve into the content of her book, and learn how you can start working towards your dreams TODAY!By Michael
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While we struggle to survive in Mali, the world looks away | First Person
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Today’s First Person story comes from Moussa Kondo, executive director of the Sahel Institute. Moussa recounts how drastically life has changed for everyday people in Mali, where years of conflict, climate change, and political isolation have left more than 7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The worsening political instability in …
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Why we need to fund feminists | What’s Unsaid
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Young girls and women are leading the way in driving systemic change, and supporting their communities, but a new report, titled “We need to know the humanitarian sector stands with us”, shows the extent to which they’re being overlooked and underfunded – and makes a plea directly to the sector to change this. The report’s co-author Nana Darkoa Sek…
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How mutual aid in Sudan is getting international support (UPDATED) | Rethinking Humanitarianism
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*This episode originally aired in October 2023, and includes new interviews recorded days before the first anniversary of the war in Sudan. Hajooj Kuka, external communications officer for the Khartoum State Emergency Response Rooms, updates host Melissa Fundira on how mutual aid groups are scrambling to avert a famine, how badly needed funding con…
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Gaza: Is a ceasefire enough? | What’s Unsaid
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Israel has continued to choose violence, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an independent journalist of Palestinian descent, tells host Ali Latifi that “this is not just a humanitarian crisis. It’s a global moral crisis.” What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, whe…
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How Yemenis keep each other alive, nine years into war | First Person
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Today’s First Person story comes from Fatma Jaffar, a Yemeni humanitarian worker and the policy and advocacy lead for Oxfam Yemen. Fatma describes the dire humanitarian situation in her country and how Yemenis have kept each other alive throughout nine years of war. The ongoing conflict in Yemen is featured in The New Humanitarian’s annual list of …
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What’s Unheard? The Yemen Listening Project | What’s Unsaid
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As Yemen’s war continues, a new project by The New Humanitarian shares personal testimonies that show how the devastating conflict has changed life for millions, while the rest of the world wasn’t paying attention. And how important it is that we keep listening. Nuha al-Junaid, project coordinator for the The Yemen Listening Project, tells her own …
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In conversation with Heba Aly | Rethinking Humanitarianism
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For nearly 40 episodes, Rethinking Humanitarianism has been hosted by Heba Aly. But this time around, Aly joins the podcast as a guest. Since 2007, Aly has worked with The New Humanitarian, and IRIN News before, in many different roles. It’s a journey she started as an intern, and recently finished as the CEO. In this season finale, Aly joins host …
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