Physician to Speak on Gaza

Ali Mustansir of The Shorthorn (University of Texas at Arlington) reports:

Physician to discuss his experience in Gaza today at UC Concho Room

The Muslim Student Association will host Ismail Mehr’s visit to UTA today where he’ll speak about his experience in Gaza after the conflict earlier this year.

Mehr is one of ten U.S. physicians from the Islamic Medical Association of North America who travelled to Gaza in January after the cease-fire was announced. He administered medical aid to Gazans with serious illness or injury at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

Nanotechnology assistant professor, Electrical Engineering Assistant Professor and the Muslim Student Association Faculty Advisor Samir Iqbal, said he looks forward to hearing about Mehr’s experiences.

“[Mehr] will be speaking with no political connotation and no religious connotation,” Iqbal said, “What is the human situation there?”

Iqbal said he expects people with very strong and differing opinions to attend.

State Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, said that Mehr has an important message and that he plans to attend. He said that Mehr is doing the charity work the Quran calls him to do and shows the importance of people being ready to step in to help.

“[Mehr] is a great example of a professional person who gives their skill freely to help others,” Burnam said.

According to the IMANA Web site, their mission is to provide a forum and resource for Muslim physicians and other health care professionals, to promote a greater awareness of Islamic medical ethics and values among Muslims and the community-at-large, to provide humanitarian and medical relief, and to be an advocate in health care policy.

The American Medical Mission to Gaza reports on the humanitarian and medical observations of the physicians who traveled to Gaza.

When: 3 p.m.
Where: University Center Concho Room