Mohammed Zaanoun – Restoring Everyday Gaza

Mohammed Zaanoun – Restoring Everyday Gaza
How do we understand a place seen only through destruction?

How do we rehumanise people who are shown almost entirely through moments of crisis? This programme invites Gazan photojournalist Mohammed Zaanoun to guide us through a curated selection of his images that reveal the texture of everyday life. Family rituals, friendships, celebration, work, rest, and the quiet moments that rarely make the news. Through a visual conversation hosted by political scientist and producer Alexander Bergsmark, we explore how ordinary life persisted under blockade, why these memories matter, and what is lost when a society is seen only through destruction. What does it take to restore the humanity behind the headlines?

Together with Mohammed Zaanoun Award winning photojournalist & filmmaker Alexander Bergsmark Political Scientist & Independent Media Creator
  • Mohammed Zaanoun
  • Mohammed Zaanoun

About the speaker

Mohammed Zaanoun is a Palestinian award winning photojournalist from Gaza City, known for documenting daily life, conflict and resilience in the Gaza Strip for over two decades – published by the BBC, Le Monde and other top-tier international media outlets. His photography preserves lived experience and visual memory at times of both war and relative calm. He and his family were forced to flee Gaza and are currently living in exile.

About the curator & moderator

Alexander Bergsmark is a Norwegian-Tunisian political scientist, writer and host-producer of the long-form series Talking Primates based in Amsterdam. His work explores identity, migration, democracy and media narratives through both writing and long-form conversations. He moderates dialogues that connect personal experience with broader social and political context.

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Most media today is noise. Most conversations are performance. This is not.

Talking Primates is a long form podcast featuring deep, unscripted conversations with people who have lived what others only debate.

We explore identity, power, belonging, struggle, ambition, faith, culture, and survival without scripts, talking points, or fake expertise.

If you are here for depth over noise, you are in the right place.

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Most media today is noise. Most conversations are performance. This is not.

Talking Primates is a long form podcast featuring deep, unscripted conversations with people who have lived what others only debate.

We explore identity, power, belonging, struggle, ambition, faith, culture, and survival without scripts, talking points, or fake expertise.

If you are here for depth over noise, you are in the right place.

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