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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What a great interview. This Khalid is so profoundly wise. An important Arab figure.
@user-eh1hw3uy7w
2 ай бұрын
: he is intelligence and consciousness
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@johnsmith1474
2 ай бұрын
Feed baby birds talk to fish so they don't get lonely.
@user-qm8cm1dn2v
2 ай бұрын
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2 ай бұрын
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Free Free Palestine🇵🇸.
I hope he continues speaking out. They are not listening to us, the average person.
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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.
I really appreciated this interview.
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.
Thank you for this rich conversation. I really appreciate your work.
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.
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.
Thanks for the caring talk and sharing.
shocking how talking about peace and stopping genocide is criticised but not the act of oppression against Palestine.
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
2 ай бұрын
Ironically he has that soft spoken posh voice/accent that makes him sound like the male version of Diana
@futuremrsleeminho1922
2 ай бұрын
He is so fine
What a handsome, principled, talented man. Hollywood, take my money if you cast him in more folks. He’s such a presence.
He put it out so wisely.
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!!!
Respect
Amazing thank you. Free Palestine
What a beautiful conversation. ThankYou Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Great Interview and great interviewee, so true, so brave, so human - how we should all be ! True to ourselves and to our humanity!
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'
this is a deliberate ploy to stop the world from speaking against the one who cries the loudest.
Great conversation … resonates with me a lot.
In America you'll get flagged for hate speech ..I've already lost three KZread channels and 13 years of research
@marytownsend9765
2 ай бұрын
Yes! Truth exposes evil.
Thank you, Khalid Abdalla, for your heart & voice, dear Brother.☮️❤️🇵🇸
I remember him he's was the protagonist of the kite runner film
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
2 ай бұрын
you are so embarrassing grandma
Free Palestine !!!
@annabellefritton
2 ай бұрын
it's already free, the squatters just can't take care of themselves properly.
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.
Thank you, good sir.
So much respect. We all feel the same way. 💔🔻
I love The Kite Runner.
Well said Khalid!
What a passionate humane empathetic personality thank you sir for standing up for what’s right ❤
@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.
What an interesting man. Such depth is so welcome.
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.
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What a gentle and beautiful soul Khalid is. ❤
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
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@annabellefritton
2 ай бұрын
Palestine doesn't exist unless you're talking about it being Jewish, well in that case...hmm
Great interview.
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.
God Bless him.
@annabellefritton
2 ай бұрын
god is actually cursing him as we speak
I wish I could like this video more than once
Thank you for this great interview. Please work on your sound quality for future videos
It’s easy, just don’t give a care to cancelling or discrimination. You are on the side of right and God is watching
Deep for popculture topics most of time. He is genuine though
Your strength of character is refreshing. Few and far between demonstrate that
An actor with integrity.
@annabellefritton
2 ай бұрын
so murder and rape is now integrity?
What a guy
WHAT is so hard about it... Dress up in your principles.. access your basic human decency.. put your lips together.. and ... MAKE WORDS‼️‼️‼️
I think some Irish actors should speak out also.
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
2 ай бұрын
omg you're so woke grandma
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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?
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In the U.S. is so hard to be on palestine side, I feel During Gentrefecation the IDF was moving in.
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What a beautiful and great conversation. Thank you for speaking up for Palestinians and humanity. May Allah bless you.
“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
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GCC Is a stinky Zionist discharge. They sold their morality to شیطان
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Its not hard to speak out, its called freedom if speech. However if you sprout indoctrinated nonsense expect he be challenged.
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Poor guy now he’s gonna get cancelled in Hollywood
I think he might be a fairy.
@tymax6751
2 ай бұрын
And he finds the interviewer attractive. Not that it's a bad thing. 😊
@davidb9531
2 ай бұрын
Congrats for taking all of the humanity of this video and diluting it down to a homophobic slur 👏👏👏
@halifaxeh
2 ай бұрын
I think you should change your name to ignorantjuvenile
@raspberryripple88
2 ай бұрын
his wife would disagree with you.
@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.
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
2 ай бұрын
You’re entitled to your own ignorant opinions but not your own facts. STFU
@GloRida252
2 ай бұрын
You’re an arrogant, self entitled person
@terriej123
2 ай бұрын
Why?
@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
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.
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@laamautadesconocida
Ай бұрын
He's british egyptian!!!🤷🏻♀️
@annabellefritton
Ай бұрын
@@laamautadesconocida So not from the Levant? Oh right, yeah of course he isn't!