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Silicon Valley and the Israeli Occupation w/ Omar Zahzah | American Prestige

Silicon Valley and the Israeli Occupation w/ Omar Zahzah | American Prestige

Update: 2025-11-11
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Derek is joined by Omar Zahzah, Assistant Professor of Arab Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies at San Francisco State University, to talk about his book Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism. They discuss the Sheikh Jarrah uprising and the digital front of the Palestinian struggle, the difference between “digital apartheid” and “digital settler colonialism,” Meta’s censorship, the IDF Unit 8200Silicon Valley pipeline, how AI and tech infrastructure are being weaponized, the legacy of Edward Said’s “Permission to Narrate,” and how Palestinians have used social media to change the narrative.



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Silicon Valley and the Israeli Occupation w/ Omar Zahzah | American Prestige

Silicon Valley and the Israeli Occupation w/ Omar Zahzah | American Prestige

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