A personal reflection from Sanam on two weeks of war in Iran. What it is like watching the bombardment of her childhood neighborhood from afar. —

We also wanted to celebrate our former guests, Women of the Sun from Palestine, who won the 2025 Vigdís Prize for Women’s Empowerment.

So we re-uploaded our conversation with Marwa Hammad of Women of the Sun in Palestine and Yael Braudo-Bahat of Women Wage Peace in Israel two remarkable women who refuse to give in to despair, and who refuse to give up on the future.

Women of the Sun - https://womensun.org/

Women Wage Peace - https://www.womenwagepeace.org.il/en/

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And ICAN⁠⁠ International Civil Society Action Network⁠⁠

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Executive Producer: Pearse Lynch

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