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200715 minPGdocumentary

Dr. Nabil

200715 minPGdocumentary

A committed surgeon in Baghdad continues to work at an understaffed hospital amid violence and fears for the safety of his young son.

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A committed surgeon in Baghdad continues to work at an understaffed hospital amid violence and fears for the safety of his young son.

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Ahmed Jabbardirector

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Dr. Nabil is a gentle and committed surgeon and father who works at a small, understaffed Baghdad hospital suffering from a lack of equipment and medicine. Though other doctors have been killed or have fled the country in fear of their lives, Dr. Nabil has decided to stay. He worries, though, what effects the atmosphere of violence and brutality will have on his young son.

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