A State of Passion

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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 surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a symbol of Palestinian resistance. This was his 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? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work.

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Carol Mansour is an independent documentary filmmaker who is deeply passionate about social justice and human rights issues and believes that film is an important medium that gives voice to the marginalized. After ten years of working in television, she founded Forward Film Production in 2000 in Beirut, Lebanon. With over 24 years in documentary production, Mansour has covered the world from Sri Lanka to Lebanon to Yemen to Uzbekistan. She has achieved international recognition and honor for her films, with over one hundred film festival screenings and official selections worldwide.
Among her films: Invisible Children (2006), We cannot go there now, my Dear (2014), It’s Just Another Place (2016), Stitching Palestine (2017), Shattered Beirut 6.07 (2020) and Aida Returns (2023).

Muna Khalidi, PhD in health policy and planning, and with more than 34 years of experience working in the social and health development fields in Lebanon and the region. She has worked with various development and health organizations, assisting them in developing strategic plans and designing and developing programs. In 2011, she started collaborating with Carol Mansour on the research and production of documentary films dealing with issues of social justice and human rights, bringing her experience in the academic, public, private, and NGO sectors into documentary filmmaking.