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Ali Tahrawi is a 29-year-old Palestinian doctor at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital located in the city of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Palestine.
Since October 2023 Ali has been sharing first hand testimony on his social media account @ali.gazandoctor about his life, his work and the lives (and deaths) of the patients who he serves at the hospital. All of them Palestinian people struggling to survive the ongoing genocide.
All the testimonies in this book are his own.
We are the weakest, yet we are the strongest.
We are the victims, yet we are the heroes.
There is something poetic about a 29-year-old doctor living in a genocide, surviving and trying his best to help others.
We have done so much for so long and with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing!
In this, my first genocide, I discovered that I love my stethoscope.
The most reassuring sounds in my life during this period are the sounds of heartbeat and the sounds of air coming easily into the lungs.
— Ali Tahrawi
About ALI
Ali Tahrawi is a 29-year-old Palestinian doctor at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital located in the city of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Palestine.
Since October 2023 Ali has been sharing first-hand testimony on his social media account @ali.gazandoctor about his life, his work and the lives (and deaths) of the patients who he serves at the hospital. All of them Palestinian people struggling to survive the ongoing genocide.
