Cities are more than infrastructure, they are lived spaces shaped by routine, memory, and human connection. In Gaza, where over 83% of structures have been destroyed since October 2023, the question is no longer about damage, but about erasure.
In the first part of episode 3 of Jalsa Falastiniya, we speak with Dr. Yahya Al-Sarraj, Mayor of the City of Gaza, about what it means to witness the destruction of a city from within not as data, but as lived reality. We explore the concept of urbicide, and ask what remains when the physical and social fabric of a city collapses.
From the meaning of reconstruction to the limits of global discourse, this conversation confronts the deeper implications of urban destruction, and whether a city, once erased, can truly be rebuilt.