Samuel is a professional music producer and audio engineer based in Tel Aviv, Israel and born in South Africa. He has studied the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism at a high academic level through the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre which lead him on the path of becoming a Jewish and Israel Rights Activist. Samuels writings have been published in local and international press. He is inspired by the idea of linking his artistic career in the music business with his Jewish identity Contact Me
OPEN LETTER TO ISMAIL MAHOMED AND THE DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:
My name is Samuel Hyde, I have worked both in the theatre industry and currently work as an engineer/producer in the music business. I studied the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism at a high academic level through the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre where I spent 2 years volunteering and working. As a Jewish and Israel rights activist I work daily with Palestinians on the ground at erasing false narratives, ending the zero-sum game and bringing unity between our two communities. My commitment to activism and social justice extends beyond my own community – I have worked in close collaboration with the Umubano Foundation to educate on the Rwandan Genocide and produced a theatre production that used genocide as it’s backdrop to address rape being used as a weapon of war.