Jewish Democratic Initiative

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Mo Husseini is a Palestinian-American writer and filmmaker based near Seattle, where he works as a design and creative director. He first drew wide attention with “50 Completely True Things,” a viral essay puncturing myths on both sides of the Israel-Hamas war, which was read by hundreds of thousands and praised by Rabbi Sharon Brous as among the most compelling writing on the conflict in a decade.

He went on to co-direct The Path Forward with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Julie Cohen, a documentary following Israeli and Palestinian peace activists who kept working together after October 7th — deliberately without war footage or body counts. As he’s put it, people on both sides too often assume everyone on the other is incapable of empathy; the film sets out to prove otherwise.

Husseini is also co-authoring a forthcoming book with Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund.

His presentation will be livestreamed to Cape Town and Johannesburg.