A State of Passion

After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza's Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world he spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies to amputations without anesthetics orphaned children with no surviving family and the deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities.

Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi close friends of the Abu Sittahs share that same passion. Determined to capture his raw emotions they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door. Following him to Beirut Amman London Kuwait and Dubai they and he explore their common State of Passion.