#7 Gaza: Reconstruction and Responsibility — In Conversation with Tahani Abu Daqqa

About this episode

Tahani Abu Daqqa discusses her experiences and insights on Gaza's resilience and the impact of conflict on society.

Tahani Abu Daqqa is a Palestinian entrepreneur from Gaza and former Palestinian Minister of Youth, Sport, and Culture. She is the founder of Gaza Life Power, an organization working on renewable energy and community development in Palestine. She is a Gaza War survivor and has been displaced since April 2024. For more than four decades, Tahani Abu Daqqa has been involved in building women’s cooperatives and developing local economic and social infrastructure in Gaza under conditions of occupation, blockade, and repeated military escalation. In 2023, she completed a major solar energy project intended to provide more stable electricity to parts of Gaza. Within the first week after October 7, this installation was destroyed. This Candid Conversation on Palestine, Israel & Europe offers a detailed, first-hand perspective on Gaza - not only as a place of conflict, but as a society shaped by decades of resilience, organizing, and negotiation. It also outlines concrete reflections on what a constructive European role could look like, and why lasting security for Israelis and Palestinians is ultimately interdependent.

People in this episode

Guest: Tahani Abu Daqqa

Topics covered

• Gaza
• reconstruction
• renewable energy
• women's cooperatives
• Palestinian society
• European role in conflict

Keywords

• Gaza
• Tahani Abu Daqqa
• renewable energy
• women's cooperatives
• Palestinian culture
• reconstruction
• European involvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gaza Life Power

Places: Gaza, Palestine, Israel