Leen Ezzeddine, the US-Lebanese graduate at Harvard Medical School who chose to speak out

Leen Ezzeddine, the US-Lebanese graduate at Harvard Medical School who chose to speak out Submitted by Adam Chamseddine on Mon, 06/01/2026 - 15:30 At its core, her message was simple: medicine is not only about treating the body in front of you. It is about refusing the systems that decide some bodies are less worthy of care Harvard Medical School graduate Leen Ezzeddine dedicates her commencement speech to Lebanon and Palestine, in Boston, US, on 28 May 2026 (screengrab) Off When Leen Ezzeddine stood before her classmates at Harvard Medical School, the moment could have been framed as a familiar story of immigrant success: a Lebanese woman graduating as a doctor from one of the world’s most prestigious institutions. But Ezzeddine chose to tell a different story.