08-05-26 No Way But Forward: Remembering Families in the Gaza Strip
Join Michelle Villegas, host of Friends With The World, for a powerful and heartfelt conversation with psychologist and researcher Brian Barber PhD, author of No Way But Forward. For more than 25 years, Brian has studied and lived alongside Palestinian families, listening to their stories and witnessing their resilience, generosity, forgiveness, and deep commitment to one another.
In this episode, Dr. Barber shares insights from his decades of research in the Gaza Strip, offering a deeper understanding of the lives, hopes, struggles, and humanity of families who often feel forgotten by the world. Together, Michelle and Brian explore the beauty of the human spirit, the importance of being seen and heard, and remembered.
Bio: BRIAN K. BARBER, PhD, is a non-resident senior scholar at the Middle East Policy Council, a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies, and professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee. He currently lives in Washington, DC. Barber’s work has addressed how context—from parenting to political systems—impacts individual and social development.Barber is the editor of Adolescents and War: How Youth Deal with Political Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2008), among other books. For the past thirty years, he has researched more than ten thousand Palestinian families in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. His published articles have appeared in The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine, Global Public Health, PLOS ONE, Child Development, the Journal of Adolescent Research, and other journals. Barber’s commentaries have appeared in Haaretz, CNN.com, Informed Comment, Counterpunch, and Middle East Policy. His most recent book is No Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip.
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