Ferrukh Faruqui, MD

Physician-Writer, closeted singer of 70's rock, a man-loving feminist. Lake water lapping against my kayak makes me happy.

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

Remember how everyone rushed to use his photo, of his walking toward an IDF tank to advocate for the lives of his patients? Rushed to plaster it everywhere, rushed to make AI edits, art, whatever. That was in December 2024.

How often is he mentioned today? He is alive, he is being tortured and slowly killed - he, alongside every Palestinian hostage, must be freed.

[Heck Johnson @givemheck]

@NYTimesPR The NYT famously has carried water for Israel even through the darkest days of the genocide, and this is how Israel treats them. I wonder if this will send a shock through their system and cause them to maybe start working in the best interest of the AMERICAN people.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

@NYTimesPR This is good, but don’t forget how much you’ve contributed to that “specific narrative.”

[Dr. Sohail Gandhi, MD @drmsgandhi]

My thanks to @CTVNews and @KamilKaramali for interviewing me on this segment showing how awesome the #medical #students @TorontoMet are. Already showing the finest qualities of the profession by giving back to their communities:
https://t.co/ULRElq3B4c

[Adrian Harewood @CarAdrianH]

My Dad, John Harewood, turns 90
in Nov. Yesterday he was back @uOttawa where he served as a professor & advisor for over 30 yrs. He was attending the remarkable #ScarboroughCharter Forum that brought together 100s of Black Canadian academics & students. He was in his element!

[Dr. Sohail Gandhi, MD @drmsgandhi]

I'm happy for @DrElaineMa . But I'm furious with @ONThealth #bureaucrats for WASTING our hard earned tax dollars like this. Via @kingstonist https://t.co/nDRDF68glc

[Lina Abu Akleh @LinaAbuAkleh]

Today marks four years since my aunt, Shireen Abu Akleh, was killed by an Israeli sniper in Jenin.
An iconic journalist, and one of the most empathetic and sweetest people. This is who they killed. She loved life, but they stole hers from her.

[Dr. Sohail Gandhi, MD @drmsgandhi]

When I was President, the staff (who are by nature very conservative) tried to stop an ad with a physician because she was wearing a necklace with a Cross on it. I managed to end that nonsense. Pity the current political leaders of the OMA won’t stop this stuff.

[Dimitri Lascaris @dimitrilascaris]

@EYakoby Your disgusting colony murders children just for being Palestinian.

Let that sink in.

[Ben Thomson 🇵🇸 (He/Him) @BenNephrology]

Health care workers should not be allowed to serve in a military committing genocide

Great piece by the Maple @readthemaple

https://t.co/BwBjPxm0U3

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

There is a name for boarding a ship and abducting innocent civilians in international waters, @BBCWorld. Its not called 'interception'. The word is piracy.

[Gabrielle Peters 👩🏻‍🦽 @mssinenomine]

An Indigenous witness just said that imposition of individualism of MAID pitted against their culture's collective responsibility imposed on them by Canadian state is extension of colonialism.

A non-Indigenous MPP then went on to explain to him why he was wrong. 😶

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"It’s not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel’s onslaught continues. Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region"
https://t.co/2l0ymEQnCT

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

Palestinians in Gaza saved 3 patients from amputation or permanent disability by developing the first external fixator using local materials, 3D printing, recycled plastics & solar power despite the genocide & the siege. Heroes. https://t.co/dIyfdEmgZM

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

I'm 64. I'm a British Jew

All my life, I wrestled with this question: How could millions of ordinary people have participated in or enabled the Holocaust?

NOW, when I see the behaviour of the British politico-media elites in relation to the Gaza GENOCIDE, I think I understand

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

This Doctor should have been safe by now, under protected status, and reveered by international leaders as an icon of Ethics. Instead he is still a hostage of Israel, which has abducted him without ever charging him.

[Ferrukh Faruqui, MD @FerrukhF]

@DaisyB_77 @ChrisLynnHedges @RhondaGarad A whole lot of self-reflection is past due.

[Daisy_B @DaisyB_77]

@ChrisLynnHedges @RhondaGarad Excellent letter. The self regard of mainstream journalists is becoming fragile but because of this self regard they reject all criticism as unmerited. They are truly in a bind of their own making.

[jane lawrence @janelaw47492107]

@ChrisLynnHedges Excellent letter and because of this very interview, David Marr has lost a bunch of listeners and Chris Hedges has gained a bunch of new followers. I'm one of the bunch.