{"id":5475,"date":"2026-04-21T09:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/?p=5475"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:04:18","slug":"a-state-of-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/cinema\/a-state-of-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"A State of Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"auv1e-0-0\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"9lvmb-0-0\">\n<h1 data-offset-key=\"9lvmb-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/State-of-Passion-Poster-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/State-of-Passion-Poster-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/State-of-Passion-Poster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/State-of-Passion-Poster-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/State-of-Passion-Poster.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<h1><b>A State of Passion<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"4ah8l-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4ah8l-0-0\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"d6kc9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"d6kc9-0-0\">\n<p><em>Documentary<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><i>90 min<\/i><\/h4>\n<h3><strong><em>Carol Mansour &amp; Muna Khalidi<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"5sk84-0-0\">English (Thai subs)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"44h2h-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"44h2h-0-0\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"a5la5\" data-offset-key=\"6qsfv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6qsfv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6qsfv-0-0\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"a5la5\" data-offset-key=\"eas45-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"eas45-0-0\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"a5la5\" data-offset-key=\"6584m-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6584m-0-0\">\n<p>After the start of the war on Gaza and 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world, Ghassan Abu Sittah was a first-hand witness to medicide. He spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies, to amputations without anesthetics, orphaned children with no surviving family, and the deliberate targeting of medical and health services as an Israeli weapon of war.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This was Ghassan\u2019s sixth and most horrific Gaza \u201cwar\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Why does he do it?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, close friends of the Abu Sittahs, share that same passion.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>They were waiting anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza, following a long and terrifying journey through the night, to meet him in Amman.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Determined to capture his raw emotions, they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Following him to Beirut, Amman, London, and Kuwait, they and he explore their common State of Passion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"a5la5\" data-offset-key=\"5h3ad-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5h3ad-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5h3ad-0-0\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"9tdge-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"9tdge-0-0\">.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"fjkkg-0-0\">\n<h2 class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fjkkg-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fjkkg-0-0\">Trailer :<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"TRAILER A  State of Passion\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NK9FI0F4DxQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"99kro-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"99kro-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"99kro-0-0\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"fj8mq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fj8mq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fj8mq-0-0\"> Ticket 160 Baht \/ Seat<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"5sv6e-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5sv6e-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5sv6e-0-0\">[Tickets Available in front of the cinema]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"61pf7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"61pf7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"61pf7-0-0\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c2jfb\" data-offset-key=\"31c8m-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"31c8m-0-0\">#AStateOfPassion<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; A State of Passion&nbsp; Documentary 90 min Carol Mansour &amp; Muna Khalidi English (Thai subs) . After the start of the war on Gaza and 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[52,9,43,7,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5476,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions\/5476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}