Name: Dawud Zahir Mahfuz
Date/Place of birth: September 21st, 1976 in Saida, Lebanon.
Character bio: Born in Lebanon during the onset of the Lebanese Civil War as the only son of a Sunni couple, Dawud and his parents were one of the thousands of Lebanese citizens displaced by the war. With war tearing their country apart, his family sold all they had and moved to Bahrain by late 1978, leaving behind Lebanon for good. Despite basically starting from dirt after escaping Lebanon, Dawud's parents managed to pick themselves up and start a new life for themselves in Bahrain; even managing to fund their son's education. Growing up as a Sunni in a predominantly Shiite society, Dawud came to appreciate and respect the differences between the two branches of Islam and is tolerant and respectful towards his Shiite peers, a personality which sticks with him throughout his life. He graduated from the Arabian Gulf University with a degree in medicine. He was married at the age of 24 and has two children.
During the 2011 riots, he was arrested whilst working in the hospital under the charges of "
occupying a hospital, stockpiling weapons, spreading lies and false news, inciting hatred of Bahrain's rulers and calling for their overthrow, and withholding treatment of Sunnis (Despite being a Sunni himself)." Obviously, the charges were all false, but that mattered not for the court; Dawud was sentenced to three years in prison along with several others. Sickened by the government's treatment towards its citizens, regardless of whether or not they're Sunni or Shiite, Dawud decided to discretely work with the revolutionaries following his release from prison. Having resigned from his career at the hospital, he now works in his house, which serves as a field hospital of sorts for wounded Saraya al-Mukhtar members.
Appearance: Refer to the picture above. He usually wears a suit and tie when treating patients; an eccentricity that seems oddly to reassure.
Weapons, equipment, and gear: A large first aid kit and a Makarov (
just in case).
Role: Medic.
Miscellaneous: Dawud tries his very best to not break the Hippocratic oath, despite his involvement with the Saraya al-Mukhtar. Though he resents the Bahraini government and supports the revolutionaries, a part of him still holds onto the belief that a diplomatic solution is still possible, simply because he doesn't quite like the thought of a civil war tearing his country apart.