Asal Ehsanipour

Dec 15, 2023 | kqed.org | Asal Ehsanipour

Dec 15, 2023Failed to save articlePlease try againAhmed Fouad Alkhatib sits for a portrait at his host mother’s home in Pacifica on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Alkhatib left his home in Gaza in 2005 as a 15-year-old and has not been able to return. (Juliana Yamada/KQED)‘Human life is one of the most valuable things in this universe.

Dec 11, 2023 | kalw.org | Asal Ehsanipour

"And that's where I view my strength, is in kind of breaking across the binary communities. You know, pro Israel or anti Palestinian. Anti Israel and pro Palestinian. Like, I'm not pro this and I'm not anti that." Like a lot of people, journalist Asal Ehsanipour has been in a state of despair since the Israel Hamas war began on October 7. One of the only times she’s found comfort was an event at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center in conjunction with American Friends of the Parent Circle.