Freedom Hospital

Set in a makeshift medical facility during the Syrian civil war, Freedom Hospital is a stark, graphic novel-length comic from Jonathan Cape that began in 2017. Written by Francesca Barrie and Hamid Sulaiman, with Sulaiman also providing the art, the single-issue work offers a visceral, ground-level view of the conflict through the eyes of those struggling to save lives amid chaos. Its unflinching portrayal of war's human cost makes it an essential, urgent document of contemporary history.