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One Westminster is hosting a screening of 'a state of passion' in the House of Commons on 12th January 26. Westminster Talking Therapies will facilitate Q&A following the documentary with opportunity to talk with director Carol Mansour and Co-director Muna Khalidi via video link
The screening of the documentary will invite Health workers in Westminster to reflect on the learnings from their global peers working in spaces of trauma - The screening aims to compassionately bring this story to Westminster through both similarities and vast differences in terms of professional responsibility, resources and impact
There is capacity for 40 attendees and is free with a suggestion to donate to Healthworkers 4 Palestine; whom Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta is a strategic advisor for. Director, Carol Mansour follows his journey in her documentary 'a state of passion' and also connects to his family life in London and the impact on them.
After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work.
