Real Talk
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<p>Real Talk is a Middle East Eye interview series hosted by Mohamed Hashem that explores the unique stories and experiences of a diverse range of guests — from artists, to musicians, to politicians and more.</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 21, 2026
I tried cooking for London's top Palestinian chef. And interviewed him in the process | Fadi Kattan
<p>Fadi Kattan is a renowned Palestinian chef from Bethlehem and the co-founder of Akub, one of London's most celebrated Palestinian restaurants.</p><p>In this conversation on Real Talk, Fadi invites Mohamed Hashem into his restaurant to talk about Palestinian food,Israel's appropriation of Palestinian cuisine, and why food is one of the most powerful tools of cultural survival.</p><p>All while Mohamed attempts to cook musakhan for the first time, under Fadi's supervision.</p>
June 12, 2026
I was an Israeli peace negotiator. Here’s what I later realised about Zionism | Real Talk
<p>"You got me to talk about things I don't talk about normally."</p><p>Daniel Levy is a former Israeli negotiator who served under two prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Ehud Barak. </p><p>Today, the British-born analyst and president of the US Middle East Project is one of the most prominent voices heavily critical of Israel's actions against Palestinians.</p><p>But in this conversation on Real Talk, Daniel Levy speaks to Mohamed Hashem about his own journey. From an Orthodox Zionist upbringing in North London, to sitting at the negotiating table with Palestinians, to where he stands today.</p>
June 4, 2026
Molly Crabapple spent 7 years recovering the Jewish history Zionism tried to erase
<p>'Hundreds of people are coming to my events, many of them Jewish, and they tell me I gave them their ancestors back'</p><p>Molly Crabapple is an Emmy Award-winning artist, author and journalist. Her new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country, tells the largely forgotten story of the Jewish Labour Bund, a secular, socialist, anti-Zionist mass movement founded in 1897 that at its peak was the largest Jewish political organisation in Eastern Europe.</p><p>The Bund believed that Jewish people had the right to stay in their homes, and refused to accept that the answer to antisemitism was a Jewish ethnostate in Palestine. </p><p>In this conversation on Real Talk, Molly sits down with Mohamed Hashem to talk about her Jewish identity, her 2015 reporting trip to Gaza, seven years of archival research, and what the Bund's story means during this time.</p>
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<p>Real Talk is a Middle East Eye interview series hosted by Mohamed Hashem that explores the unique stories and experiences of a diverse range of guests — from artists, to musicians, to politicians and more.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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