331: From Palestine to Global Impact: The Transformative Power of Cultural Exchange Through Travel with Yazan Badarny

Learn how volunteering, internships, and

cultural exchanges abroad can transform your life & positively impact the

world.

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Yazan Badarny joins Matt from Haifa and starts off by talking

about his experience growing up in the Palestinian city of Arraba.  He describes the racism and second class

citizenship experienced by Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, and explains

how travel and living abroad empowered him to confidently embrace his

Palestinian identity and speak up about the Palestinian struggle around the

world.  Yazan takes us on his transformative

journey doing an internship in South Africa, taking one of the world’s highest

bungee jumps, and developing the idea for his company Home Awe.  Yazan explains his passion for empowering

other Palestinians to travel the world, both so that they can have personal

growth experiences by connecting with the world and so that they can educate

the world about Palestine.  He talks

about his travels from Tanzania to Switzerland, shares life lessons from

learning to ski in the Alps, and explains the importance of ‘starting with why’.  Yazan talks about the volunteer and

internship opportunities that Home Awe offers around the world today, from

Brazil to Sri Lanka, and how he grew his Instagram following to over

400,000.  Finally, he reflects on the

impact Home Awe has had on its participants, and on what travel means to him

today. FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE

HERE.

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