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MEMO in Conversation with Raouf Farrah

Farrah reflects on the political obstacles the convoy faced and what they reveal about the regional response to Palestine.

March 10, 2026 at 9:11 pm

In this conversation with Raouf Farrah, lead Africa analyst at SecDev and co-editor of Rising for Palestine, we discuss his new book and its call for renewed Africa-Palestine solidarity. We also discuss the Sumud convoy, a North African solidarity initiative organised to challenge Israel’s siege on Gaza. Farrah reflects on the political obstacles the convoy faced and what they reveal about the regional response to Palestine.

Raouf Farrah is the Lead Africa Analyst at the SecDev Group, a risk analytics firm working at the intersection of technology and human behaviour. In 2025, he was instrumental in organising  The Sumud Convoy, an attempt to break Israel’s siege on Gaza

This year, Farrah co-edited a book, Rising for Palestine.