Chana Joffe-Walt
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
From WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life. I'm Hannah Jaffe-Walt sitting in for Ira Glass. This all started with a phone call, a call that eventually led to this episode. So that's where I'm going to start. I was talking to a journalist in Gaza on the phone. Hi. Hello? Hi, this is Tana. Hi. How are you? This was back in April.
From WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life. I'm Hannah Jaffe-Walt sitting in for Ira Glass. This all started with a phone call, a call that eventually led to this episode. So that's where I'm going to start. I was talking to a journalist in Gaza on the phone. Hi. Hello? Hi, this is Tana. Hi. How are you? This was back in April.
I'd been speaking to people in Gaza for months by then, but nobody where Maram was, in the middle area, Derbala. Maram Humeid. She's a reporter for Al Jazeera English. We were chatting. I was asking some pretty basic questions about what she was experiencing, what she was seeing, what the day had been like. She got interrupted.
I'd been speaking to people in Gaza for months by then, but nobody where Maram was, in the middle area, Derbala. Maram Humeid. She's a reporter for Al Jazeera English. We were chatting. I was asking some pretty basic questions about what she was experiencing, what she was seeing, what the day had been like. She got interrupted.
How are you? I'm fine, thank you. Good. Maram and I kept talking, or trying to. And you're in Deir el-Balah?
How are you? I'm fine, thank you. Good. Maram and I kept talking, or trying to. And you're in Deir el-Balah?
Is that where you're from? Is that where your home is? Or did you?
Is that where you're from? Is that where your home is? Or did you?
That's a lot. That's a lot of people.
That's a lot. That's a lot of people.
80. 80. 80. Does she correct you a lot?
80. 80. 80. Does she correct you a lot?
And where, where? She's, yeah. Does she want to talk?
And where, where? She's, yeah. Does she want to talk?
You're ready, ready. How old are you, Banyas?
You're ready, ready. How old are you, Banyas?
You're eight years old. And where did you learn to speak like an American?
You're eight years old. And where did you learn to speak like an American?