Waad al-Kateab Delivers STOP BOMBING HOSPITALS message at UN
Today, Waad al-Kateab took her STOP BOMBING HOSPITALS message straight to UN HQ in NYC. While touring her Oscar-nominated film ‘For Sama’, Waad joined forces with a coalition of NGOs to deliver a critical message about the international community’s failure to act to stop the killing in Syria.
The scenes captured in ‘For Sama’ in Aleppo are still happening today in Idlib: hospitals are being targeted, entire families killed and hundreds of thousands have been driven from their homes. And the world remains silent.
Set against the backdrop of UN HQ, Waad stood in front of billboard trucks “STOP” “BOMBING” “HOSPITALS,” (rotating in English, Russian, and Arabic), to share poignant, powerful messages from doctors on the ground in Syria...
“ For Sama is not just a film for me. It is my life. I survived for a reason, and through my filmmaking, I was able to give a platform to Syrian civilians being killed silently.” said Waad. “I am here to remind the international community that hospitals are not targets, children should be protected and no-one should have to flee their home.” #stopbombinghospitals #actionforsama