Being A Climber in Palestine with Asia Zughaiar

07/31/24 • 34 min

Palestinian climber Asia shares how she fell in love with sport and explains the challenges of accessing outdoor climbing in Palestine. She opens up about how climbing provides an escape from the restrictions and hardships of living under occupation. We discuss how Asia uses her creative skills to shed light on the reality of life in Palestine and to challenge misconceptions. And we get excited about her work on inclusive outdoor fashion.
Asia Zughaiar is a climber, writer, adventure enthusiast, and filmmaker. Asia creates content about climbing and her passion for the outdoors, as well as on the experiences of living in Palestine and witnessing the genocide in Gaza. She explores the experience of climbing in Palestine amidst occupation, and the complexity of how that feels, in honest and open videos on her Instagram page. She also works at a family-owned clothes factory alongside her father in Palestine. Asia is developing her own outdoor brand, which will be the first Palestinian outdoor brand of its kind.

Links

https://eveningsends.com/author/asiazughaier/

https://www.instagram.com/asia.zughaiar/

Donations:
Medical Aid for Palestinians - https://www.map.org.uk
Palestine Solidarity Campaign -donate.palestinecampaign.org

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Mel Reeve is an experienced writer, casual climber and enthusiast, bringing her knowledge and passion to the podcast. With a background in writing, copywriting and content creation, Mel is dedicated to sharing the diverse stories and perspectives that shape the climbing community.

Links

https://eveningsends.com/author/asiazughaier/

https://www.instagram.com/asia.zughaiar/

Donations:
Medical Aid for Palestinians - https://www.map.org.uk
Palestine Solidarity Campaign -donate.palestinecampaign.org

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Not Your Typical Climber - Being A Climber in Palestine with Asia Zughaiar

Transcript

Please note, transcripts are AI generated.

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"Climbing made a drastic change in my life. We have to actually examine what my life looks like in order for you, the audience, to understand what climbing means to me."

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Welcome to the Not Your Typical Climber podcast. Today we are joined by Asia Zughaiar. She is a climber, writer, adventure enthusiast and filmmaker. Asia creates content about climbing and her passion for the outdoors and on the expe