Real Talk

'Nothing for me is worth selling my soul.’
Hala Rharrit spent 18 years as a US diplomat, most recently serving as the State Department's Arabic language spokesperson.
In the wake of the Gaza genocide, she was tasked with defending America’s Gaza policy to the Arab world. She refused and soon quit.
In this Real Talk interview, Hala sits down with Mohamed Hashem about what she saw from inside the Biden administration, and what she makes of former Biden officials now claiming they should have done more.

'You cannot run in a Democratic primary as a pro-Israel candidate and not get destroyed.’
AIPAC poured nearly $15 million to unseat Jamaal Bowman in 2024, making it the most expensive House primary in US history at the time.
The former Congressman joins Mohamed Hashem on Real Talk to break down what the progressive wave, including Abdul El-Sayed's primary win in Michigan. means for the Democratic Party, and what's next for AIPAC's millions in US elections.

'That pro-Netanyahu, pro-Likud crowd have been gunning for me for 25 years’
Trita Parsi, political analyst and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, joins Mohamed Hashem on Real Talk to respond to the campaign against him, including calls for his deportation from the US, and explains why it backfired.

"I am now getting death threats from registered Telegraph readers."
Misan Harriman is a widely celebrated photographer and activist. He’s also the first Black male photographer to shoot the cover of British Vogue, and the director of an Oscar-nominated short film.
His work has spanned at least three continents, documenting protest movements from the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 to the pro-Palestine marches in London.
In this conversation on Real Talk, Mohamed Hashem joins Harriman at Hope 93, a gallery in London, to discuss his work, his activism, and what happened when he turned his lens to Palestine.
Harriman also opens up about the right-wing outlets that have been accused of a coordinated smear campaign against him, and where it left him.

Fadi Kattan is a renowned Palestinian chef from Bethlehem and the co-founder of Akub, one of London's most celebrated Palestinian restaurants.
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.
All while Mohamed attempts to cook musakhan for the first time, under Fadi's supervision.