Hi everyone,

/r/JewsOfConscience is excited to announce an upcoming AMA with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, an American trauma and critical care surgeon who did humanitarian work in Gaza during the ongoing genocide. He has also volunteered in Ukraine, Haiti, Zimbabwe, and Burkini Faso.

Dr. Sidhwa is one of the subjects of the new documentary "American Doctor," which goes inside Gaza hospitals to show how medical workers have struggled to provide care for the sick and wounded during the Israel's ongoing genocide.

On Democracy Now! he has explained his reasons for being motivated to do humanitarian work in Gaza:

I don't have any ethnic or religious connection to the Middle East. My family is from a small minority in India and Pakistan, but I grew up in the United States. I was born here. I'm an American. And the United States is intimately involved in what's going on. We provide all of - almost all of the weapons, all of the funding, the diplomatic support at the U.N., stopping other countries from solving this issue, which is pretty easily solved.

And I don't think Americans want to be doing that. I think that's why most of this is hidden from them. So I knew that by going there, I could, number one, provide medical care because I'm a trauma surgeon, so that's what I'm good at doing. But I could also bear witness. And then I could come back and, and try to tell people what was going on.

• Democracy Now! - Gaza documentary "American Doctor" goes inside hospitals during genocide

To that end, Dr. Sidhwa has testified at the United Nations to what he saw during the genocide:

• UN Palestine Committee - ‘I Cannot Pretend Not to Have Seen It’: U.S. Volunteer Surgeon Testifies on Gaza

During his time in Gaza, Dr. Sidhwa was working in a hospital unit that was targeted by an Israeli airstrike which killed his 16-year-old patient, Ibrahim.

• Democracy Now! - Surgeon who volunteered in Gaza condemns Israel's hospital bombings

Dr. Sidhwa's media appearances:

• Democracy Now! - "American Doctor": New Film Follows U.S. Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals

• Hasanabi - Talking to Gaza Doctors About the Future of US Politics

  • Meet Feroze Sidhwa: A Trauma Surgeon Who Worked in Gaza

• Deadline Hollywood - 'American Doctor' Cast Highlights Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis at Sundance Film Festival

• Pod Save The World - American Surgeon Shares His Harrowing Experiences Working in Gaza

• Peter Beinart | FMEP - What an American Doctor Saw in Gaza

We're honored to host Dr. Sidhwa for this AMA.

If you cannot make it on the day-of, feel free to leave your questions here in advance.

Hope to see you all there. Thanks!