Eyewitness to Genocide with Dr. Mimi Syed

About this episode

Dr. Mimi Syed shares her harrowing experiences as a medical professional in Gaza, detailing the atrocities witnessed during her missions.

This week Lara and Michael sit down with Dr. Mimi Syed a brave medical professional who went on two medical missions to Gaza before being banned by Israel on her third attempt. During her time in Gaza she documented numerous occasions where babies were murdered by the Israeli occupation forces with single bullets to the head and chest. We talk about the horrors she saw that Palestinians live every day during her time as an eyewitness to the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.

People in this episode

Hosts: Lara E., Mikey B.

Guest: Dr. Mimi Syed

Topics covered

• medical missions
• Gaza
• eyewitness accounts
• Israeli occupation
• human rights
• Palestinian suffering

Keywords

• Gaza
• genocide
• medical missions
• Israeli occupation
• human rights abuses
• eyewitness
• Dr. Mimi Syed

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Gaza, Israel

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