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Apr 2024
56m 12s

Medical Mission to Gaza with Dr. Mohamma...

Lara E. and Mikey B.
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This week Lara and Michael sit down with Palestinian American ER doctor Mohammad Subeh. He came to the US as a Palestinian refugee during the Gulf War. His grandparents were expelled from Palestine during the Nakba, and he just returned from a 5-week long medical mission to Gaza where he provided medical services at a field hospital with the International Medical Core in Rafah. 

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