When it stopped being a war
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- Date Added17 October 2024, 18:10
Dr Abu-Sittah arrived in Gaza on 9 October 2023 to volunteer with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). He remained in Gaza for 43 days, working at al-Ahli, al-Shifa, al-Awda hospitals. Following his return to the UK, he was elected to the position of Rector of the University of Glasgow, from which position he continued to advocate against the ongoing genocide.
In April 2024, FA met with Dr Abu-Sittah to reconstruct the events of the night of 17 October 2023 as he had experienced them. Using an interview practice called ‘situated testimony’, we worked with Dr Abu-Sittah to retrace his steps through a 3D reconstruction of the hospital compound, in which we had geolocated and ‘photomatched’ visual evidence recorded by survivors of the blast, including Dr Abu-Sittah himself, and journalists.