Palestinian-Ukrainian Refugee Zoya Miari: “Both Sides of Me Are Worth Living”

Palestinian-Ukrainian Refugee Zoya Miari: “Both Sides of Me Are Worth Living” | Amanpour and Company

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According to the U.N., over ten million refugees and asylum seekers fled their homes due to conflict in 2022. Half-Palestinian and half-Ukrainian, Zoya El-Miari is a peace ambassador for One Young World, a charity supporting young leaders across the globe. She joins the show to share her complex experience as a refugee.
Originally aired on April 22, 2024
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@charlaogaz657 Ай бұрын

Amazing realizations from a “mixed race” individual, that some of her is accepted and the other “half” is defamed! Beautiful interview! She is so brilliant! Best to her!

@r-Justice1421 Ай бұрын

My goodness! So touching! Very eloquent!

@AnAfterthought Ай бұрын

Imagine her situation if she inherited her father's complexion... Sad & a detestable reality. Even freedom of expression in US universities are now actively being suppressed. I wish her & all refugees the very best.

@AmanpourandCompany Ай бұрын

Thanks for tuning in.

@glennmartin7008 Ай бұрын

So important to hear. thank-you. Encourage Zoya Miari's voice be heard long and far.

@AmanpourandCompany Ай бұрын

Thanks for tuning in.

@amersanjak8959 Ай бұрын

This interview should go viral ❤

@AmanpourandCompany Ай бұрын

Thank you for your thoughtful comment.

@lyns8062 Ай бұрын

What a lovely mix & so beautiful both inside & out

@fanstream Ай бұрын

Future writer, world leader - brilliant young woman!

@vladimirioffe4237 Ай бұрын

She is a brainwashed liar.

@Rayseagate Ай бұрын

god bless that courageous girl!

@sherrytaha9268 Ай бұрын

Thank you, Zoya; you are an inspiration - shining with love and possibility. Wishing you peace and blessing.

@helios7212 Ай бұрын

💯💯🙏🙏🙏

@fontainerouge Ай бұрын

What a life! Brilliant young woman. Respect.

@AmanpourandCompany Ай бұрын

Thanks for tuning in.

@whalesong8040 Ай бұрын

I am completely horrified by the bizarre, hate-filled, random comments noted below. What is wrong with people? This is such a vital interview, and she is a tender soul who has had an exceptionally challenged life in light of her heritage. This situation is impossibly complex, and yes, there are many critical dimensions not addressed... but she is sharing what HER experience has been, and it is a voice that is just as important to honor as another. Thank you for introducing her to us! Amanpour. & Company is one of the few stations that I truly respect and appreciate deeply. Thank you! May PEACE, TOLERANCE-to-CELEBRATION, UNDERSTANDING-and-COMPASSION, CREATIVE COLLABORATION, AND MUTUAL RESPECT and UPLIFTMENT PREVAIL!!!

@RyanRuark Ай бұрын

Perhaps people are sick of playing intersectional feminist bingo. Identity politics have become so bizarre and they're completely useless at actually solving any of the problems they purport to highlight.

@helios7212 Ай бұрын

💯💯💯💯💯🎯🎯🙏🙏

@LovelyDove-ve3wo Ай бұрын

Peace & Justice. God bless you 🙏 Zoya Miari

@ilhanbgpunch9088 Ай бұрын

Merci Zoya❤

@goutacarter2207 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this inspiring interview.

@AmanpourandCompany Ай бұрын

Thanks for tuning in.

@tybalt.videos5760 Ай бұрын

Would really like to know how her parents met. Must be a fascinating tale.

@chrisman234 Ай бұрын

What an incredible young girl with terrific insight. May God Bless her and her family, may her family be reunited.

@judykinsman3258 Ай бұрын

Sorry we have to wade thru the sick people commenting on Amanpour videos. My heart breaks for all the kids growing up in this world dominated by hate.

@imperialmotoring3789 Ай бұрын

It is sad how there is so much hate. I love USA and Trump. Wish more people were good like us!

@geofflepper3207 Ай бұрын

@@imperialmotoring3789 You don't understand at all. Trump is the voice of hate including hate for the United States.

@vladimirioffe4237 Ай бұрын

Yes, when you see the hate in eyes of pro-Hamas demonstrators, you understand that much of the world is dominated by hate, that old hate…

@murrayeldred3563 Ай бұрын

GREAT EPISODE.

@AmanpourandCompany Ай бұрын

Thanks for tuning in. We appreciate you!

@TheJourneyOfMeMyselfAndI Ай бұрын

I respect PBS for airing this.

@goutacarter2207 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful human being. Keep up the good work and May God protect you wherever you are

@jessikabat6200 Ай бұрын

What a remarkable and truly self aware young woman! An inspiring story that is so worthy of listening to! 💗

@bobsanborn2395 Ай бұрын

The Voice of Peace & Love. No Freedom w/o Justice. Speak now and forever defend your tongue. 'Live Free Or Die' was the state motto i grew up with.

@maryfinn3663 Ай бұрын

Awesome interview.

@AmanpourandCompany Ай бұрын

Thanks for tuning in. We appreciate you!

@elizabethyow1165 22 күн бұрын

Thank y’all for this amazing interview! ❤️🖤💚🤍💙💛 Thank you Zoya El-Miari

@user-xl1wr9wm4f Ай бұрын

Forgiveness & peace treaties as atonement are the only way to move forward.

@cdrcdr5651 Ай бұрын

Very smart and impressive young woman. The way to win is not to become a victim and never look back always look forward. You can't change the Pass but you can change the future.

@EAN-rx7gx Ай бұрын

I liked how she didn’t answer about the Israeli experience of being attacked by terror . All her experiences in Lebanon is not connected to Israel but to the status that the Arab governments treat the refugees

@AAA-bq9zp Ай бұрын

I am proud of this young woman’s freedom for Palestine

@lyns8062 Ай бұрын

It wasn’t just that those people weren’t taught how to express themselves in a healthier way it was that they were never allowed to weren’t allowed to express themselves in a healthier way no Matter how peaceful their protests they were always physically & brutally attacked called terrorists by the people attacking them.

@fazeljigry4896 Ай бұрын

Great so nice story for lief. thank you! .

@__HumanNature__ Ай бұрын

What a beautiful soul ❤

@vladimirioffe4237 Ай бұрын

No, she is a brainwashed liar.

@helios7212 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing her voice 🙏 I hope many hear her message. Strength and blessings to her and her family 🙏🙏 The dehumanization of others has to stop. This whole conflict is so heartbreaking 💔 And all playing into the Kremlin's hands as is 😔 Bibi, Putin, and the Islamic Republic and their Hamas proxy all have blood of the innocent on their hands. May they all fall soon, and all the oppressed be free 🙏

@Jared_Albert Ай бұрын

'American taxpayer asks 'refugee''? Time to end the 75 year old refugee gravy train.

@MrDellasc Ай бұрын

We’re a nation of refugees/immigrants. And Jesus Christ, my savior, was a refugee.

@bosnianlady10 Ай бұрын

How about pushing for right of return?

@ziadkhalaf198 Ай бұрын

Palestinian-Ukrainian Refugee, now that's what we call a "double whammy"

@ansumanakassama Ай бұрын

In a right part be strong

@hajerlabidi2306 Ай бұрын

Habibiti May Allah bless her Such a beautiful soul

@rezakarampour6286 Ай бұрын

' How Much of American Tax Money Funds War ? . / The Take .'

@imperialmotoring3789 Ай бұрын

How much of Islam is violent?

@kevinjenner9502 Ай бұрын

Don’t rule out China’s recent history of illegal wars, occupations, regime change, and proxy wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc.

@peggymonsterwihetmonsterbv5043 Ай бұрын

🇺🇲🇻🇮🇺🇲🇻🇮🇺🇲🇺🇲🇻🇮

@darrenivak4536 Ай бұрын

The little girl on TV right now she needs to meet Bernie Sanders❤ help me make it happen please

@adrianacanavati8212 Ай бұрын

Or Greta thumberg

@darrenivak4536 Ай бұрын

@@adrianacanavati8212 yes I've seen her many times I had a stroke about 3 years ago and it's a little bit intermittent my memory, thanks for the help

@therighteousrighthand Ай бұрын

Her accent is so Palestanian. How come they had the money to access private school? I wonder why she was not invited to talk a year ago when Ukraine was attacked....why now during issue with Gaza...this is double standard.

@francisjacquart9618 Ай бұрын

TODAY, I JUST SAW THIS VIDEO, THAT HAS SO MUCH TO DO WITH MY OWN BACKGROUND AND AT THE SAME TIME IS A LOT MORE PAINFUL BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE REFUGEE EXPERIENCE. I AM NOT A REFUGEE LIKE THIS YOUNG UKRAINIAN-PALESTINIAN AND I HAVE BEEN GROWINF UP IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN THE WEST, UNLIKE HER FAMILY, THAT HAD TO FLEE PALESTINE TO LEBANON AND THEN TO UKRAINE. HOWEVER, I SHARE WITH HER ONE COMMON FEATURE : HER PARENTS ARE PALESTINIAN ON ONE SIDE AND UKRAINIAN ON THE OTHER AND MY PARENTS ARE FRENCH ON ONE SIDE AND SYRIO-ARGENTINE ON THE OTHER. FOR THIS REASON, I CAN TOTALLY EMPATHIZE WITH WHAT SHE HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH SINCE WE BOTH BELONG TO THE WESTERN WORLD ON ONE SIDE AND TO THE MIDDLE-EASTERN WORLD ON THE OTHER. BOTH ARE HEAVILY ANTAGONISTIC AND BOTH ARE SUFFERING TREMENDOUSLY. THIS DUAL IDENTITY OR BETTER SAID BELONGING TO 2 WORLDS WARRING WITH EACH OTHER IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL TO EXPERIENCE AND AT THE SAME TIME FORCES US TO DEFEND JUSTICE AND PEACE FOR BOTH WORLD AND THE WHOLE WORLD. WE MAY NOT CHOOSE ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER BECAUSE BOTH TOGETHER ARE US AND THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY. WE MUST BE BEARERS NOT ONLY OF JUSTICE, BUT ALSO OF TRUTH. THIS IS WHY I CANNOT BE FOR FRANCE AND THE WEST ON ONE SIDE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I KNOW WHAT CRIMES ARE COMMITTED IN THE NAME OF MY COUNTRY OF BIRTH, THE COUNTRY OF MY FATHER OR FOR SYRIA ONLY, THE COUNTRY OF MY MOTHER'S FAMILY, NO MORE THAN SHE MAY BE ONLY FOR PALESTINE ON ONE SIDE AND FOR UKRAINE ON THE OTHER. MOREOVER, MY MOTHER WAS ALSO BORN AS AN ARGENTINE NATIONAL AND ARGENTINA NOW SUPPORTS THE ZIONISTS WITH THIS MONSTER OF PRO-ZIONIST PRESIDENT, MILEI, THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN AND A TOTALLY PRO-AMERICAN POLITY, WHICH FOR ME IS SIMPLY CRIMINAL. I WAS NOT BORN A UKRAINIAN, BUT THE FAMILY OF MY SYRIO-ARGENTINE MOTHER IS TOTALLY MIXED AS ARE THE FAMILIES OF SO MANY ARGENTINES, WHO HAVE RUSSIAN, GERMAN, ITALIAN, SYRIAN, ETC. YOU NAME IT! BLOOD, SO I LET YOU IMAGINE ALSO HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN AND THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUND LADY SO WELL AND I AGREE ENTIRELY WITH EVERYTHING SHE SAYS! I SAY LIKE HER : STOP THESE WARS EVERYWHERE ON THE PLANET FOR WHATEVER REASON, RIGHT OR WRONG! STOP THE PRODUCTION OF ALL THESE LETHAL WEAPONS, THAT KILL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND TO THE MEDIA AND THE GOVERNMENTS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, TO THE NETANYAHUS, THE PUTINS, THE BIDENS, THE MACRONS, THE TRUMPS, THE MILEIS, ETC. STOP LYING TO EVERYBODY... YOUR GOAL IS NOT THE DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY, VALUES OR ANY KIND OF NEW WORLD OR CIVILIZATION, BUT ONLY GREED AND PERSONAL POWER! STOP THE WAR IN PALESTINE AND ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST! AND STOP IT TOO IN UKRAINE! THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD ONLY NEED ONE THING...PEACE! AND IF IN THE END, YOU DECIDE, THAT YOU CANNOT STOP THE SLAUGHTER, AT LEAST FIGHT AGAINST THE ONLY TRUE ENEMY AND FOE : FASCISM! RELIGIOUS AND IDEOLOGICAL FASCISM, EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN THE WEST AS MUCH AS IN THE EAST, BECAUSE THIS LEVIATHAN IS TRULY THE ONE THREATENING THE WHOLE PLANET EVERYWHERE WITH ALL THESE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL FANATICS AND THEY ARE NOW IN FULL ACTION NEARLY EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD!

@slickperspective2745 Ай бұрын

She does have Palestinian blood in her...and Ukranian! Now I'm confused!

@Maria-db1lq Ай бұрын

The Proud Boys are embedded in the police forces and are loyal to the far right in the US. Atlanta police has trained in Israel to learn their occupation tatics. Fact. Our gov allows and endorses it.

@fatihaa7423 Ай бұрын

Bravo ! Jeune fille que dieu te benisse toi et ta famille! ❤liberté et paix! Pour tous vive palestine libre.

@azizpatel Ай бұрын

I do really feel for Zoya, and my heart goes out to her and her family's suffering, and I most sincerely wish her all the best of luck in her peace endeavours, however I do humbly disagree with her in her characterization of the conflict as between a clear oppressor being Israel, and an oppressed people, being the Palestinians. Having said that, I do believe she is an impressive young woman.

@peggymonsterwihetmonsterbv5043 Ай бұрын

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@pubguc6771 Ай бұрын

T 0:12

@FunFiesta79 Ай бұрын

🇯🇴 we alll support palestine to gaining freedom

@adrianacanavati8212 Ай бұрын

Isn’t she gorgeous, what a wonderful mixture, just like the Hadeed girls

@peggymonsterwihetmonsterbv5043 Ай бұрын

Amy's men withe they are angry they don't listen

@MENSA.lady2 Ай бұрын

She is not half Palastinian. Her father is Lebanese. As she is half Ukrainian you might be able to get refugee status in the UK, but when the Ukraine war ends there is no guarantee she will be allowed to stay.

@bosnianlady10 Ай бұрын

She said her father is Palestinian from Lebanon. She clearly explained why he is from Lebanon.

@MENSA.lady2 Ай бұрын

Does her father have, or is able, to obtain a palastinian passport ? of course not, there is no such thing. There is no such place as palastine.

@bosnianlady10 Ай бұрын

@@MENSA.lady2 There is a such place. Not being recognized by the international community is not an indication that you don’t exist. Recognition has always been a political thing. Every nation on earth existed first in the mind of its people. I was not born Bosnian, my birth certificate had another nation on it. Bosnia as a nation was recognized through political and violent means.

@MENSA.lady2 Ай бұрын

i DID NOT SUGGEST SHE DOES NOT EXIST, JUST THAT NEITHER SHE OR HER FATHER ARE/WERE PALASTINIAN

@bosnianlady10 Ай бұрын

@@MENSA.lady2 Well you are wrong. That ok.

@ChefbyMistake Ай бұрын

She is extremely rich Arab as per her accent she got Ukrainian Passport just like many Arabs get Canadian or Australian Passports.

@tigertiger4921 Ай бұрын

Ukraine is a poor country not because they are whites means being rich

@patriot85873 Ай бұрын

Вона украiнка

@peggymonsterwihetmonsterbv5043 Ай бұрын

Black no way Latino no way

@anya8861 Ай бұрын

U say jews have a right to the land. Does that mean kicking people off their land and homes, killing them if they refused to leave , I think u should be the one educating yourself

@rachelcorrie8928 Ай бұрын

lsraeI is not the cause of aII the tragedies on the MiddIe East, just 99.9% of them.

@user-tn2we2tq2j Ай бұрын

悪魔の尖兵工作員。

@peggymonsterwihetmonsterbv5043 Ай бұрын

Sotp people take me to stop the country

@LovelyDove-ve3wo Ай бұрын

God bless You Zoya Miari.

@leonidkutsak1038 Ай бұрын

Учи историю

@BluckyOne Ай бұрын

Sure, Miari is the typical Ukraine name😂

@imperialmotoring3789 Ай бұрын

I have to pay twice for her???

@fontainerouge Ай бұрын

Sick puppy.

@AyshaA-ml2rd Ай бұрын

Your taxes go to Israel who drop weapons on her loved ones in Palestine.

@doravidan9261 Ай бұрын

She is not for blame of course, but you can’t ignore the fact the the Palestinian leadership took poor decisions over the past century, including rejecting the UN partition plan that would’ve secured a state for them (a plan that the Jews on the other hand accepted). As grim as it may be to some, in many cases we are the product of our ancestors decisions and actions. I understand she’s coming from a certain background and her worldview is based on that, but that does not mean that her perception of reality is what really went down. Jews are not the only ones to blame for the state of Palestinians, but also the British, other Arab countries and Palestinians themselves.

@geofflepper3207 Ай бұрын

Of course Palestinians rejected a plan created by white European and North American governments for white European Jewish Zionists to invade, steal and occupy over half of the land of Palestine. Imagine if in 1947 the United Nations had been dominated by governments of independent African countries instead of by white nations and those African governments had decided that a particular group of Africans had the right to invade, steal and occupy over half of the territory of France or of Britain and all local Europeans who lived on that land should be forced to leave even if that meant becoming stateless refugees outside of their people's land. How would the British or French have reacted to that? Would they have meekly accepted that or would they try to fight the invaders. You know the answer to that. Of course the British or French would not meekly accepted the theft of over half of their lands by invaders from another continent just because other people in that other continent said that such a massive theft of land would be ok. So you shouldn't complain that the Palestinians didn't meekly accept having over half of their land stolen. They reacted the same way any people in the world would react to an attempt to steal over half of their land.

@buelan.6525 Ай бұрын

And, slaughtering innocent people of any ethnicity, for any reason, is never justified.

@bosnianlady10 Ай бұрын

Have you ever read the partition plan? How much was given to them and what was given?

@doravidan9261 Ай бұрын

@@bosnianlady10 yes of course, you can look it up online. The land was split 50-50 between the Jews and the Arabs. The Arabs got a much better deal because the Jews mostly got the Negev desert which is much less desirable. Yet the Jews accepted and the Arabs did not. Their leaders at the time believed that with the help of other big Arab countries they could win a war and expel the Jews who were vastly unnumbered. They took the wrong bet and here we are

@amjedabdu4238 20 күн бұрын

Look you have raised legitimate questions, but I highly suggest you do go Norman Finkelstein and benny Morris debate on lex fridman podcast .

@intheshell35ify Ай бұрын

She sounds like a rich kid. Probably never been hungry.

@maryfinn3663 Ай бұрын

Listen more carefully. She grew up in one room.

@courtneywachtel4615 Ай бұрын

Wow. Truly amazed that is your take away from someone telling their life story.

@irieify9334 Ай бұрын

What does a rich kid sound like. She sound intelligent but I guess you would prefer to believe she's a rich kid thereby dehumanizing her.

@intheshell35ify Ай бұрын

@@maryfinn3663 "in 1 room". I was listening, that's how I know her family had resources to run to Ukraine every time they felt threatened in Lebanon. Other families couldn't do that. She was put in a private school.

@intheshell35ify Ай бұрын

@@irieify9334 sad you think "rich kid" is dehumanizing. It doesn't detract from her humanity or from her story. It's just an observation that has no real value.

@alohaworld Ай бұрын

She has a very skewed and one sided view of the conflict. She has absolutely zero understanding of the conflict. Silly interview.

@TheResidance Ай бұрын

Because yours is so much better?

@cristinakasselas555 Ай бұрын

The moment you turned into all the garbage that once laughed at the jews suffering in the refugees camps ! Congratulation to all the chosen ones ! And you are on display for the world to see you !

@janemontgomery7571 Ай бұрын

She is talking about fighting for peace, fighting can be done without bullets and guns. She asks to be seen as a human being.

@macclark5188 Ай бұрын

History is never stuck in one defining moment, it is continuous, are we for peace and life or war and conflict. Who really owns what? Greed and religion prevent peace.

@geofflepper3207 Ай бұрын

Actually, it sounds like you don't understand the conflict. She clearly does understand the conflict. Any chance that you're a Zionist? Just asking because Zionists virtually never understand the conflict or just don't care about right and wrong.

@peggymonsterwihetmonsterbv5043 Ай бұрын

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