Sarah Abdo

Dr Sarah Abdo is a consultant physician based in Sydney, Australia. She specialises in diabetes and endocrinology. She co-leads a busy public hospital department and within her role also runs a monthly clinic at an Aboriginal Community health centre. In her “spare” time she works with other doctors in the Australian and New Zealand Doctors For Palestine (ANZDFP) collective advocating for Palestine and against oppression, occupation and genocide.

Articles by Sarah Abdo:

4 November 20244 November 2024 · Palestine

The incarceration of Indigenous and Palestinian children: a shared legacy of settler colonialism

Sarah Abdo

In Palestine, children are detained as a means of maintaining the occupation and suppressing resistance. In Australia, youth incarceration extends the legacy of forced removals and perpetuates intergenerational trauma among Indigenous communities. Children are targeted precisely because they represent the continuity and survival of their communities. This intentional disruption is not simply a matter of misguided policy but part of a broader effort to undermine Indigenous and Palestinian resilience.