Afeef Nessouli is a journalist and humanitarian aid worker. From March to June 2025, he spent 9 weeks in Gaza with Glia international, and as a reporter with The Intercept. He has recently been awarded a Pulitzer grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Afeef formerly produced The Wall Street Journal's daily news podcast "The Journal" with Spotify, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, an assortment of CNN shows, and was a legal advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture. His reporting focuses on systems and the economy, the Middle East and neo-imperialism, and resistance around the world.
Afeef lived through the 2006 Lebanon war and went to prison in Beirut for covering Palestine in 2011.
Welcome to 차 with Laura and Leah! Cha is a podcast and video series featuring conversations with our friends over tea. We are two diasporic Korean women who were inspired by Nina Simone's quote, “An artist’s duty is to reflect the times.” Cha is our offering to the collective and we hope our conversations inspire you to start having meaningful dialogues and reflections with your own communities. So make sure to brew a pot of cha and join our conversations about art, spirituality, culture, and liberation.
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