Rashida Abbas Ferrand

Physician & epidemiologist. Working in UK, Zimbabwe and Pakistan. All views my own.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Exactly what Israel did to 530 Palestinian villages in 1948 "so that they would have nothing to come back to." Everything the IDF do every day in Gaza is a reminder that Israel is a state built on the ethnic cleansing of its Palestinian inhabitants.

[The Postdoctoral @thepostdoctoral]

RFPs: Postdoctoral Fellowships at Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2027 (Denmark) - The Novo Nordisk Foundation is offering Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for 2027. - https://t.co/zu3A06lE2N

[Rashida Abbas Ferrand @rashida_abbferr]

We are advertising PhD fellowships for UK-registered health professionals, in global health in @CreatePhd Programme. @wellcometrust
Deadline: 8th Nov 2026. Apply here: https://t.co/I8oqZkHi3I. Online webinar tomorrow: 12:00- 1:00 PM (UK time). Join us @ https://t.co/ZCK2uoBmex

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Horrific. Heartbreaking. Inexcusable.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

A mass funeral has been held in Gaza City after at least 100 bodies were recovered from the rubble of a residential building targeted by an Israeli airstrike in 2023.

The remains were recovered by Palestinian Civil Defense crews in recent days and authorities say there are still thousands of bodies buried in the destruction.

The Israeli Defense Force has repeatedly said Hamas embedded itself in residential areas and rejects allegations of targeting civilians.

#Channel4News #C4News #News #Israel #Gaza #Palestine

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

What is normal in Gaza today after Israel's destruction? Insects, rats, reptiles, flies and mosquitoes are everywhere, as is sewage flooding the streets. People cooking over a fire, washing clothes by hand, living without electricity or running water. https://t.co/iMmip0q8Iq

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Look at the unprecedented level of destruction the world has allowed Apartheid-Israel to get away with in Gaza.

Know that the killing machine in that devastated ghetto is still running full throttle.

What a shame.

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

114 children all with single sniper shots to the head.

Some as young as 5 years old.

Read that again.

They're "hunting" children for fun.

#StopTheGame

[Rashida Abbas Ferrand @rashida_abbferr]

What incredibly insightful and intelligent observations from our team- #PROMISE @ThruZim @UKRI_News @LSHTM

[Rashida Abbas Ferrand @rashida_abbferr]

A sobering reminder as we do research of the realities of our participants and providers and health systems-research often does not capture their realities and our research teams today are giving us a reality check #PROMISE trial @ThruZim @LSHTM @UKRI_News

[Rashida Abbas Ferrand @rashida_abbferr]

Meet our phenomenal PROMISE team - we r recruiting nearly 13000 pregnant women recruited- a gargantuan effort - I can’t believe how lucky I am to be part of this team @UKRI_News @LSHTM @ThruZim

[Rashida Abbas Ferrand @rashida_abbferr]

The PROMISE trial celebrates its first birthday today- more than 5600 pregnant women recruited - right on track- I am Beyond proud of our Team - we r hearing their experiences today @UKRI_News @LSHTM @ThruZim

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

If you’re a progressive who supports Palestine it’s fine.

If you’re a Muslim who supports Palestine you’re automatically Hamas. The Islamophobic tropes are clear. Mamdani has never supported Hamas or said anything antisemitic.

Netanyahu on the other hand is an anti Arab bigot.

[Global Health EDCTP3 @EDCTP3]

📣 Final call! Applications open for PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships

The @EDCTP3-funded ACT-PREP project offers 15 PhD and 10 Postdoctoral Fellowships in clinical trials and epidemic preparedness.

📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2026

🔗 Apply: https://t.co/r2Yl1ljywA

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Almost 80 years ago, you were an antisemitic if you supported a genocide.

Today, you are an antisemitic if you oppose a genocide.

The people who did this to Gaza want to lecture us about the Holocaust, human rights, international law, civilization, democracy, and peace.

[Sara Rey @SaraReyi]

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[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Red Cross director: "What has happened in Gaza should have been prevented, including the approximately 60,000 Palestinian deaths recorded. It is also imperative that the current situation does not continue. It represents a total moral failure." https://t.co/LwbYEHQ714

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Wonderful to see the great Avi Shlaim on Piers Morgan. The @BBC of course, shamefully, never platforms our greatest Middle East scholar

[Sara Rey @SaraReyi]

Free Palestine its not Politics its humanity