From Hezbollah Fan to Arab Zionist: Rawan Osman's Journey & The New Middle East
About this episode
Rawan Osman shares her transformative journey from being an antisemite to becoming an Arab Zionist, discussing her experiences in Lebanon, her studies, and her plans for the future.
Rawan Osman is a Syrian-Lebanese activist, writer, and content creator based in Germany. She's a research and diplomacy fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, and she describes herself as a recovered antisemite and an Arab Zionist. On this episode of The One Way Ticket Show, Rawan highlights growing up in Lebanon and how she was taught to hate Israel and Jews, the panic attack she had the first time she met Jewish people (while in her mid '20s), how a shopkeeper's one small act of kindness changed the course of her life, going back to university to study Islam and Judaism, taking a DNA test that revealed her Jewish ancestry, her journey converting to Judaism and planning to make Aliyah, her unfiltered take on October 7th, Hezbollah's collapse, the Abraham Accords, the future of Lebanon and more. As for Rawan's one way ticket destination of choice? It's to 50 years into the future to see what the world will look like then. Follow Rawan Osman: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawanosman2024/ X: https://x.com/RawaneOsmane Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/osman.rawan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rawan-osman-8b453745/
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