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Yusuf Hamash in Podcasts

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Palestinian man, former humanitarian aid worker from Gaza, involved in family group chat and displaced by war.

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This American Life
861: Group Chat

Hamash family group chat. Yusuf to the group. A SEAL has arrived at the girl's house. Are you asking or telling? Yusuf, I'm telling you. Upside down face. Thank God she's safe. Thank God. May God keep them safe and well. God willing. And then, 5.51 p.m., Asil shows back up in the chat. Asil, I'm fine, guys, but I'm devastated. I got a text, too. I'm fine, she said, but my psyche is broken.

This American Life
861: Group Chat

1.59 a.m. Yusuf, may God keep you safe, my dear. Asil, thank God, I'm fine. Don't worry.

This American Life
861: Group Chat

1.39 a.m. Yusuf, please confirm you're well. Asil, thank God for everything.

This American Life
861: Group Chat

And Asiel tells Yusuf, nowhere is safe. May 15th, 2.25 p.m. Asil. I'm fine, my love. Don't worry. Yusuf. God is sufficient for us, and he is the best disposer of affairs, my sister. By midnight that night, more bombs. Hamash family group chat. Can someone check on Asil? Banal. Yusuf is talking to her.

This American Life
861: Group Chat

But Asil wanted to have money of her own. Yusuf told me despite his objections, he was proud seeing what Asil had created. For two months, the ceasefire held. March 18th, Hamas family group chat. The war is back. Damn. God is sufficient for me, and he is the best disposer of affairs. 2.39 a.m., Yusuf writes. Call Asil. I can't get through. Seven hours later, Asil. I'm fine. Don't worry.

This American Life
861: Group Chat

It was better to be in a tent where your home was than in a tent in Rafah or Khan Yunis. Now that she was home, Asil began trying to live, not just survive. Her husband Ahmed set up a solar panel and started a phone charging station, a small business. Asil found a job with an NGO doing data entry. Yusuf hadn't wanted her to work. He thought going outside was unsafe.

This American Life
861: Group Chat

Youssef saw that Asil was not alone in this decision. As soon as people were allowed back, 376,000 Palestinians returned to their homes in the north. And they returned to places with no roads or schools or hospitals or clean water and to homes that were damaged and destroyed. But they still went back. After weeks of pushing back, Yusuf got it.