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Articles by Omar Dewachi
I was a doctor in Iraq. I am seeing a nightmare play out again.
I started training to be a doctor in the aftermath of the gulf war. It was a dark time to commit to a career of healing. U.S. sanctions and relentless bombings had decimated our medical infrastructure and endangered our access to medical supplies. Surrounded by devastation, we fought to heal, to operate, to comfort - often with the barest of resources. Every day was a battle in itself, trying to save lives as our facilities crumbled around us.
I Was a Doctor in Iraq. I Am Seeing a Nightmare Play Out Again.
I started training to be a doctor in the aftermath of the gulf war. It was a dark time to commit to a career of healing. U.S. sanctions and relentless bombings had decimated our medical infrastructure and endangered our access to medical supplies. Surrounded by devastation, we fought to heal, to operate, to comfort — often with the barest of resources. Every day was a battle in itself, trying to save lives as our facilities crumbled around us.
I Was a Doctor in Iraq. I Am Seeing a Nightmare Play Out Again. Original
I started training in Iraq to be a doctor in the aftermath of the 1991 gulf war. It was a dark time to commit to a career of healing. U.S. sanctions and relentless bombings had decimated our medical infrastructure and endangered our access to medical supplies. Surrounded by devastation, we fought to heal, to operate, to comfort - often with the barest of resources. Every day was a battle in itself, trying to save lives as our facilities crumbled around us.
The Destruction of Gaza’s Health Care Promises Grave Consequences - The New York Times
Opinion|I Was a Doctor in Iraq. I Am Seeing a Nightmare Play Out Again. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/16/opinion/iraq-doctor-war-israel.html Guest Essay Dec. 16, 2023, 7:00 a.m. ET Dr. Dewachi is the author of “Ungovernable Life: Mandatory Medicine and Statecraft in Iraq.” Sign up for the Israel-Hamas War Briefing. The latest news about the conflict. I started training to be a doctor in the aftermath of the gulf war. It was a dark time to commit to a career of healing.
Ungovernable Life: Mandatory Medicine and Statecraft in Iraq
"A remarkable and original analysis of the modern history of Iraq and its governing structures through its medical institutions and practices, from their close involvement in state formation and function to the unravelling of governance under wars, sanctions, and invasions." —Sami Zubaida, Birkbeck, University of London "Ungovernable Life is essential reading. An engaging and sophisticated account of the trajectory of Iraqi medicine, it tells the story of governance done and undone.
Changing therapeutic geographies of the Iraqi and Syrian wars
Summary The health consequences of the ongoing US-led war on terror and civil armed conflicts in the Arab world are much more than the collateral damage inflicted on civilians, infrastructure, environment, and health systems. Protracted war and armed conflicts have displaced populations and led to lasting transformations in health and health care.
Arab Studies Journal Announces Fall 2019 Issue: Editor’s Note and Table of Contents
We are proud to feature another collection of insightful articles that are theoretically rich and empirically grounded. In “Citizenship as Domination: Settler Colonialism and the Making of Palestinian Citizenship in Israel,” Lana Tatour draws on new archival findings of the 1948–52 period as Israel established its constitutional cornerstones. She situates Israel’s citizenship regime in a wider process of settler indigenization and native de- indigenization.
Establishing a Lancet Oncology Commission on the humanitarian crisis of cancer
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Conflict Medicine: A Manifesto
Contemporary protracted conflicts across the Middle East have presented health systems and professionals with unprecedented challenges. The objective of this manifesto on conflict medicine is to highlight the need for a better understanding of the different pathways of injury and re-injury within the changing ecology of war. Ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen are taking place in urban settings and result in high casualties among civilians and combatants alike.
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