Ghassan Abu Sittah working at Al-Awdah Hospital in Jabalya refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018. Photo courtesy of Medical Aid for Palestinians. MER Article The Evolution of Conflict Medicine in the Middle East - An Interview with Ghassan Abu Sittah During his tenure at AUB, Ghassan Abu Sittah’s work radically transformed the practice of medicine and surgery. As the chair of the plastic surgery department at AUB Medical Center, he singlehandedly redefined the workload of the hospital from a focus on cosmetic surgery to one on reconstructive sur Ghassan Abu Sittah, Omar Dewachi, Nabil Al-Tikriti • 17 min read
Men sweep debris from a damaged pharmacy, located near the site of Wednesday's car bomb attack, in the city of Hilla Current Analysis From the Archive: Iraqibacter and the Pathologies of Intervention As Iraq now confronts the arrival of COVID-19, its war-damaged medical infrastructure and degraded environment will make it harder to combat the virus. In 2019, Omar Dewachi explained how these same conditions transformed innocuous bacteria into dangerous drug-resistant strains. Omar Dewachi • 14 min read
MER Article Iraqibacter and the Pathologies of Intervention Omar Dewachi traces the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria in war-related wounds—which US military doctors labelled Iraqibacter—to the biological legacy of decades of sanctions, war and intervention in Iraq, and how antibiotic resistance is increasingly being found in other militarized interventi Omar Dewachi • 13 min read
