In Conversation with Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta & Yara Eid, moderated by Hazem Jamjoum محادثة مع د. غسان أبو ستة ويارا عيد
panel discussion | total Running time: 83m | book ticketsThis conversation will bring together distinguished voices to share testimonies from Gaza on the ongoing genocide. The panel features surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta and journalist Yara Eid, moderated by educator & editor Hazem Jamjoum. This conversation will provide an essential platform for those who have bore witness to the relentless violence and systemic destruction inflicted upon Gaza.
Yara Eid
Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta
Hazem Jamjoum
About the guestsYara Eid is a Palestinian journalist and human rights advocate who has worked with various international human rights organisations, including Amnesty International. In her writing she explores the struggles of living under apartheid and occupation. Yara has worked as a war journalist on the ground, and covered the 2022 aggression on Gaza. She has been published in Aljazeera, the LA Times, and others.
Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta is a British-Palestinian surgeon who has worked in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. On October 9, he went to Gaza, where he worked for 43 days straight in Al-Shifa and Al-Ahli hospitals. Since then he has been showing the world what is happening in Gaza. Abu-Sittah was recently elected Rector of the University of Glasgow.
Hazem Jamjoum Hazem Jamjoum is a Palestinian historian and translator. He is an editor with Maqam Editions, a newly established publishing house in London. He was the communications officer of the Badil Resource Centre for Refugee and Residency Rights (Bethlehem) and the chief editor of al-Majdal magazine from 2008-2011. His translation of Ghassan Kanafani’s The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine was recently published by 1804 Books (New York), and his translation of Maya Abu al-Hayyat’s novel No One Knows their Blood Type was published by the CSU Poetry Centre in October 2024.
Age rating: 16+
Content notes: experience of the ongoing genocideEvents are ticketed but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please reach out.