The Crown’s Khalid Abdalla on the challenges of being outspoken on Israel-Palestine | Real Talk

“People of our background got caught in a vortex… of how to speak, and actually be heard or understood or not be branded a terrorist, or not be branded an anti-semite… How do you find that space?”
British-Egyptian actor Khalid Abdalla. Most recently, you’ve seen him in the Netflix hit series ‘The Crown’ where he played Dodi al-Fayed, the Egyptian film producer, romantically involved with Princess Diana before the pair died in a car crash in 1997.
But he’s also made headlines for calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at different red-carpet events, a gesture that has gone viral on social media.
So we sat down to discuss not only his work in ‘The Crown’, but also to ask why is it hard to speak out on Israel-Palestine?
Filmed on: 5 January 2024
#RealTalk is an MEE interview series hosted by Mohamed Hashem that explores the unique stories and experiences of a diverse range of guests - from artists, to musicians, to politicians and more.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:10 Khalid’s career
03:03 Being an Arab actor today
04:08 Khalid’s role in The Crown
07:47 Calling for a ceasefire
12:40 Is the bar low for Palestinian solidarity?
18:48 How do you find the space to speak?
22:00 ‘I’ve been to Palestine three times’
23:32 Playing Dodi al-Fayed: Egyptian dialogue
26:43 Representation on-screen
27:50 Looking for alignment
30:16 Advice for younger actors?
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Пікірлер: 118

  • @l.s.9671
    @l.s.96712 ай бұрын

    What a great interview. This Khalid is so profoundly wise. An important Arab figure.

  • @user-eh1hw3uy7w

    @user-eh1hw3uy7w

    2 ай бұрын

    : he is intelligence and consciousness

  • @samnas212
    @samnas2122 ай бұрын

    Free Palestine stop genocide

  • @johnsmith1474

    @johnsmith1474

    2 ай бұрын

    Feed baby birds talk to fish so they don't get lonely.

  • @user-qm8cm1dn2v

    @user-qm8cm1dn2v

    2 ай бұрын

    "Only for Returning to Heaven in This Lifetime Spanning tens of thousands of years Traversing layer upon layer of heavens Descending to Earth to wait for the Creator Who will remake the cosmos at the end times, creating multitudes Spreading Dafa [Great Law] and saving all beings Most people are Gods incarnate Suffering hardships, awaiting the destined time Do not be deluded by modern notions Atheism and evolution are all made-up On the long and drawn-out journey, lifetime after lifetime destiny leads the way Reincarnating just to return to heaven in this lifetime August 31, 2018" Master Li Hongzhi (Hong Yin VI, from Falun Dafa teachings)

  • @user-qm8cm1dn2v

    @user-qm8cm1dn2v

    2 ай бұрын

    "Sweeping Away the Dust Most people of the world are Gods incarnated in human form Coming for the Fa [Heavenly Law] one group after another Reincarnating time and again, forgetting the vows they made Buried in delusion amid fame, gain, and qing [emotions] Modern notions and conduct lead to an overhanging cliff Atheism and evolutionary theory keep you on a demonic path The Creator has come to save Heaven, Earth, and humanity The eons of waiting were not in vain If you understand this then seek the truth ’Tis the Creator who asks me to sweep away the dust that has befuddled you March 31, 2019, in Seattle" Master Li Hongzhi (Hong Yin VI, from Falun Dafa teachings)

  • @thescythe4507
    @thescythe45072 ай бұрын

    Free Free Palestine🇵🇸.

  • @IamValentina66
    @IamValentina662 ай бұрын

    I hope he continues speaking out. They are not listening to us, the average person.

  • @vekak.z.8824
    @vekak.z.88242 ай бұрын

    Freedom for Palestine 🇵🇸

  • @fahimmuntasirfahad
    @fahimmuntasirfahad2 ай бұрын

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸

  • @lilleypops1868
    @lilleypops18682 ай бұрын

    This was a amazing conversation that flowed in a natural human way. Some of the things he said I’ve thought of too, and the child waking with horrific injuries, this little boy lost and arm and cried out for days for his mum his dad his sister brothers until he Succumbed to his injuries, that has stayed with me, that baby had no one no mummy daddy when he was at his most vulnerable and traumatised. You have to ask what kind of human would find that acceptable, collateral damage, it’s war they say, this is just one example of why we should never allow psychopathic sociopaths any where near power.. That’s not the natural order of humanity.

  • @paulamackay5259
    @paulamackay52592 ай бұрын

    I really appreciated this interview.

  • @NadiaMortensen-ls8fk
    @NadiaMortensen-ls8fk2 ай бұрын

    What an amazing interview. We live in a time where true evil of the western secular society is evident. true, humanity is slowly becoming immune to full on genocide but this is also a time where the beauty, kindness, intellectual and moral supremacy of Arabs and Muslims are now showcased to the rest of the world.

  • @pattimcfarlane8504
    @pattimcfarlane85042 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this rich conversation. I really appreciate your work.

  • @trainmusic5388
    @trainmusic53882 ай бұрын

    Subtle points and nuances that were expressed in this conversation where appreciated, it lended a much needed texture for non Muslims to better understand the Muslim world and Palestine.

  • @mars10115
    @mars101152 ай бұрын

    As an x actress in Aus with middle eastern look and Cypriot background this was so brilliant to watch. So proud of people like me who went through the exclusion and discrimination in that industry back in the 2000s.

  • @rethinking2023
    @rethinking20232 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the caring talk and sharing.

  • @emanozair9209
    @emanozair92092 ай бұрын

    shocking how talking about peace and stopping genocide is criticised but not the act of oppression against Palestine.

  • @simonaschmidt
    @simonaschmidt2 ай бұрын

    He has a lovely voice. So lovely to listen to. I hope we hear more from him in both fiction and non-fiction. Free Palestine.

  • @0urMutualFriend

    @0urMutualFriend

    2 ай бұрын

    Ironically he has that soft spoken posh voice/accent that makes him sound like the male version of Diana

  • @futuremrsleeminho1922

    @futuremrsleeminho1922

    2 ай бұрын

    He is so fine

  • @BrendaGarcia-ty2ml
    @BrendaGarcia-ty2ml2 ай бұрын

    What a handsome, principled, talented man. Hollywood, take my money if you cast him in more folks. He’s such a presence.

  • @Ifu26
    @Ifu262 ай бұрын

    He put it out so wisely.

  • @amandab1064
    @amandab10642 ай бұрын

    What a lovely, sensitive, softly spoken man. I wish there was better representation of Arabs in the arts. And I wish the genocide would stop!!! Free Palestine!!!

  • @rabiaakram1743
    @rabiaakram17432 ай бұрын

    Respect

  • @fatima6982
    @fatima69822 ай бұрын

    Amazing thank you. Free Palestine

  • @sugarfoot1956
    @sugarfoot19562 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful conversation. ThankYou Free Palestine 🇵🇸

  • @MsCentaurina
    @MsCentaurina2 ай бұрын

    Great Interview and great interviewee, so true, so brave, so human - how we should all be ! True to ourselves and to our humanity!

  • @gunner5173
    @gunner51732 ай бұрын

    Wonderful People Your authentic voices are so valuable the West owes so much to Arab culture: mathematics, 'zero', chess, the Greek classics ... the Arab world embraced Jews and Christians We need to hear you to change the narrative Thank You 'stay true to yourself'

  • @jubai12345
    @jubai123452 ай бұрын

    this is a deliberate ploy to stop the world from speaking against the one who cries the loudest.

  • @aabc8141
    @aabc81412 ай бұрын

    Great conversation … resonates with me a lot.

  • @Reikimasterinfja
    @Reikimasterinfja2 ай бұрын

    In America you'll get flagged for hate speech ..I've already lost three KZread channels and 13 years of research

  • @marytownsend9765

    @marytownsend9765

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes! Truth exposes evil.

  • @elvisiscat
    @elvisiscat2 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Khalid Abdalla, for your heart & voice, dear Brother.☮️❤️🇵🇸

  • @ShadedOne
    @ShadedOne2 ай бұрын

    I remember him he's was the protagonist of the kite runner film

  • @marianlenehan9618
    @marianlenehan96182 ай бұрын

    Well done for having the courage of your convictions. 👍🇵🇸💕The time is certainly now to speak out, as the Israeli government attempts to make the word ‘holocaust’ applicable to only the genocide of 1930s and 1940s. By its very definition, all genocide is a holocaust. As an elderly Irish woman born just 32 years after the partial end of the 300 year violent and genocidal colonial rule of Ireland, my heart goes out to the Palestinian people in their struggle to resist dispossession, discrimination, brutality and occupation by Israel. One particularly sad thing that I have witnessed recently is the apparent lack of Arab solidarity with the Palestinians. Why is that?

  • @annabellefritton

    @annabellefritton

    2 ай бұрын

    you are so embarrassing grandma

  • @douglasboone3790
    @douglasboone37902 ай бұрын

    Free Palestine !!!

  • @annabellefritton

    @annabellefritton

    2 ай бұрын

    it's already free, the squatters just can't take care of themselves properly.

  • @gansitomarinela
    @gansitomarinela2 ай бұрын

    Another Egyptian in showbiz stepping up to the plate. First, Bassem Yousef, now him. Respect! P.S. these are the ones Ive learned to know shnce the gen0c1de started.

  • @fgv1001
    @fgv10012 ай бұрын

    Thank you, good sir.

  • @sambaxrock
    @sambaxrock2 ай бұрын

    So much respect. We all feel the same way. 💔🔻

  • @isuriadireja91
    @isuriadireja912 ай бұрын

    I love The Kite Runner.

  • @paulcini5849
    @paulcini58492 ай бұрын

    Well said Khalid!

  • @marah9745
    @marah97452 ай бұрын

    What a passionate humane empathetic personality thank you sir for standing up for what’s right ❤

  • @annabellefritton

    @annabellefritton

    2 ай бұрын

    So murdering innocents in their indigenous homeland is right? You all have no right to an opinion on our land and you're all sick af.

  • @fontainerouge
    @fontainerouge2 ай бұрын

    What an interesting man. Such depth is so welcome.

  • @shememe496
    @shememe4962 ай бұрын

    This man......what a man. Inspite of the slow pace of the interview, I immensely enjoyed listening khalid Abdallah's insights and views. He needs to be protected at all costs. The way he acknowledges his attempts to represent the gazan plight on important platforms as bare minimum. The humility he has shown and his efforts in advocating yet also trying to sincerely encourage others to do the same is absolutely commendable and noteworthy.

  • @jimjam-xg7rv
    @jimjam-xg7rv2 ай бұрын

    FREE PALESTINE 💚🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

  • @aliciascott975
    @aliciascott9752 ай бұрын

    What a gentle and beautiful soul Khalid is. ❤

  • @rozaucja8612
    @rozaucja86122 ай бұрын

    What a great interview. I haven't seen the Crown, but since such a wise human being is avribg there, I might watch. Free Palestine! Regards from Poland

  • @MiralemMehmeti
    @MiralemMehmeti2 ай бұрын

    Free Palestine❤❤❤

  • @annabellefritton

    @annabellefritton

    2 ай бұрын

    Palestine doesn't exist unless you're talking about it being Jewish, well in that case...hmm

  • @ElleE953
    @ElleE953Ай бұрын

    Great interview.

  • @terriej123
    @terriej1232 ай бұрын

    I wasn’t interested in The Crown but now I’m definitely going to watch it! I know that it’s a great show by all of the usual standards. But to me it’s great because this wonderful person is in it & I can’t help but think that that must add to the role that he plays.

  • @fionaetienne1693
    @fionaetienne16932 ай бұрын

    God Bless him.

  • @annabellefritton

    @annabellefritton

    2 ай бұрын

    god is actually cursing him as we speak

  • @bojanazdravkovic3232
    @bojanazdravkovic32322 ай бұрын

    I wish I could like this video more than once

  • @yarafathala
    @yarafathala2 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this great interview. Please work on your sound quality for future videos

  • @BeardedGuy_Tawhid
    @BeardedGuy_Tawhid2 ай бұрын

    It’s easy, just don’t give a care to cancelling or discrimination. You are on the side of right and God is watching

  • @eileenmc4746
    @eileenmc47462 ай бұрын

    Deep for popculture topics most of time. He is genuine though

  • @GloRida252
    @GloRida2522 ай бұрын

    Your strength of character is refreshing. Few and far between demonstrate that

  • @birgik
    @birgik2 ай бұрын

    An actor with integrity.

  • @annabellefritton

    @annabellefritton

    2 ай бұрын

    so murder and rape is now integrity?

  • @deborahdube2777
    @deborahdube27772 ай бұрын

    What a guy

  • @roccocupido5082
    @roccocupido50822 ай бұрын

    WHAT is so hard about it... Dress up in your principles.. access your basic human decency.. put your lips together.. and ... MAKE WORDS‼️‼️‼️

  • @alicecunningham3837
    @alicecunningham38372 ай бұрын

    I think some Irish actors should speak out also.

  • @marianlenehan9618
    @marianlenehan96182 ай бұрын

    In terms of the acting part of the conversation, I’ve watched many excellent Arab movies with subtitles, sometimes with very occasional ‘white’ actors. I can appreciate that entering the Western Movie industry won’t necessarily have many Arab roles in the same way.

  • @annabellefritton

    @annabellefritton

    2 ай бұрын

    omg you're so woke grandma

  • @qaisabuqamar747
    @qaisabuqamar7472 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @eamar0509
    @eamar05092 ай бұрын

    🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸✊🏿✊🏽✊🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸☝️

  • @mariela7521
    @mariela75212 ай бұрын

    Freee Palestine

  • @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings
    @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings2 ай бұрын

    Mind Begs the Question: - When Criminalized for calling a Govt/Nation Nazi - Engaging in Starvation,Death Camps,Ethnic Cleansing,etc - Living in Free World or Nazi World?

  • @jhall8804
    @jhall88042 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤🇵🇸✌🏻🇵🇸

  • @zetristan4525
    @zetristan45252 ай бұрын

    The Kiterunner 🇦🇫

  • @papisuave2388
    @papisuave23882 ай бұрын

    In the U.S. is so hard to be on palestine side, I feel During Gentrefecation the IDF was moving in.

  • @mjakabir
    @mjakabir2 ай бұрын

    🤲

  • @sholeha9003
    @sholeha90032 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful and great conversation. Thank you for speaking up for Palestinians and humanity. May Allah bless you.

  • @user-tg6zs6us3m
    @user-tg6zs6us3m2 ай бұрын

    “The Nazis made me afraid of being Jewish and the Zionists made me ashamed of being Jewish.” ~ (Dr. Israel Shahak, organic chemistry professor, human and civil rights activist, and Holocaust survivor) "Take the worst thing you can about Hamas multiply it by a thousand times and it still will not meet the Israeli repression and mass killing and dispossession of Palestinians." ~ Gabor Maté Holocaust Survivor

  • @asumanyldrm3023
    @asumanyldrm30232 ай бұрын

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸♥️

  • @asmarousey3355
    @asmarousey33552 ай бұрын

    GCC Is a stinky Zionist discharge. They sold their morality to شیطان

  • @user-rv3fl2oh5p
    @user-rv3fl2oh5p2 ай бұрын

    all worlds know london didnt care all worlds . 1st from 100things all worlds knows and all suffering. some countrys from palestine to africa to iran to countrys . all scareings from england. Allah even me to all from chiledrens to 100 things i hope ❤❤❤

  • @merceddominguez5993
    @merceddominguez59932 ай бұрын

    🫣 The cowardly arab nations made a pact with the 👹 fuhrer who comes from the Synagogue of Satan 2:19 & mesmerized the weakest of minds to do israel's bidding, to not get involved in future conflicts w/ Palestinians (only true semites), stay out of it & do nothing as ageed upon... 🤔 What was the exchange❓️❗️

  • @sakinat2828
    @sakinat28282 ай бұрын

    Free free Palestine 🇵🇸

  • @akbarunissasyed6948
    @akbarunissasyed69482 ай бұрын

    Allaha Always Allaha Please give s 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 Palestinen Freedom People's InshAllaha Now 🇵🇸🇵🇸✨🌲✨🇵🇸🇵🇸 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸✨🌲✨

  • @user-ck1of4ex4d
    @user-ck1of4ex4d2 ай бұрын

    Its not hard to speak out, its called freedom if speech. However if you sprout indoctrinated nonsense expect he be challenged.

  • @asumanyldrm3023
    @asumanyldrm30232 ай бұрын

    Palestine will be free ✌️♥️🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸

  • @Mrpolite5018
    @Mrpolite50182 ай бұрын

    Poor guy now he’s gonna get cancelled in Hollywood

  • @ruthlessdelinquent
    @ruthlessdelinquent2 ай бұрын

    I think he might be a fairy.

  • @tymax6751

    @tymax6751

    2 ай бұрын

    And he finds the interviewer attractive. Not that it's a bad thing. 😊

  • @davidb9531

    @davidb9531

    2 ай бұрын

    Congrats for taking all of the humanity of this video and diluting it down to a homophobic slur 👏👏👏

  • @halifaxeh

    @halifaxeh

    2 ай бұрын

    I think you should change your name to ignorantjuvenile

  • @raspberryripple88

    @raspberryripple88

    2 ай бұрын

    his wife would disagree with you.

  • @terriej123

    @terriej123

    2 ай бұрын

    What happened to you? You might not want to say it, but know that you don’t have to live this way. You deserve love, acceptance, & happiness. The world can be a cruel place but that’s just one part of it. Believe me, you don’t have to stay in that world.

  • @sandytatham3592
    @sandytatham35922 ай бұрын

    There is no occupation. There is a sovereign country of Israel and some *disputed* land, which in time Israel will extend sovereignty over. Jordan is the Arab part of the British Mandate of Palestine. If Arabs in historic Palestine don't accept living within Israel (as two million Israeli Arab citizens do today) or alongside Israel, then they should apply for asylum elsewhere.

  • @halifaxeh

    @halifaxeh

    2 ай бұрын

    You’re entitled to your own ignorant opinions but not your own facts. STFU

  • @GloRida252

    @GloRida252

    2 ай бұрын

    You’re an arrogant, self entitled person

  • @terriej123

    @terriej123

    2 ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @user-dz1jt5oi6i

    @user-dz1jt5oi6i

    2 ай бұрын

    You are absolutely not right. It’s an absolutely occupation by the Zionist Israel mandated by the British. Occupation is occupation than they make it worse by the apartheid regime on the Palestine civilians. Now dirtier with the genocide in Gaza.

  • @sandytatham3592

    @sandytatham3592

    2 ай бұрын

    @@terriej123: Why what? Do you disagree that 'Palestinian' Arabs should be allowed to apply for asylum in another country? Why keep them as "pawns", stuck in a place where they are hostile? It's inhumane for all parties, and it doesn't happen anywhere else in the world. Let them apply to be resettled in my countries, New Zealand and Australia.

  • @annabellefritton
    @annabellefritton2 ай бұрын

    OMG I LOVE ISRAELI DUDES SO MUCH THEY ARE SO HOT

  • @laamautadesconocida

    @laamautadesconocida

    Ай бұрын

    He's british egyptian!!!🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @annabellefritton

    @annabellefritton

    Ай бұрын

    @@laamautadesconocida So not from the Levant? Oh right, yeah of course he isn't!

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