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- Country of residence: Lebanon
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Ghassan Abu Sitta is no stranger to war and calamity. He has been to Palestine multiple times during major crises, working first as a medical volunteer during the first and second intifada, and then as a surgeon for al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza during the three brutal wars perpetrated by Israel.
Abu Sitta, 45, is a reconstructive surgeon of medium height and has a matter-of-fact yet genial tone. He comes from a town in the south of occupied Palestine that was ethnically cleansed of its indigenous population by Zionist forces in 1948. It is called Bir Saba'a, commonly known today as Beersheba.
Born in Kuwait and having spent most of his medical training in the United Kingdom, he decided to move to Beirut just three years ago, and was quickly promoted to head the plastic surgery department at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) a year later.
His short-term medical volunteer work in Palestine is facilitated through a small British charity called Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), an organization that he has been involved in since his time as a medical student 26 years ago.
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