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Characters: Baran Al-Hashimi (OCs: the Al-Hashimis; Amir, Karim) Cassie McKay / Michael Robinavitch / John Shen / Victoria Javadi Ships: Robbishimi / Robby x Al-Hashimi
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Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together
They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point
They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do
This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate
- Bonnie Burstow, Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence
Imagining a 16 year old Baran having a general seizure at the mosque with her family. It happens during the group prayer. Her father and brothers are sitting closer to her front. She’s in the back with her mother and sister. She falls over and starts seizing. The imam stops the prayer. People turn around to look at her. It lasts about a minute and 30 seconds. Some of the other women around her try to assist and comfort her. Her mother and sister gets up and leaves. Her father ends up being angry at her and blows up at her. Telling her she embarrassed the family for interrupting the prayer. That she brought shame to herself and the family. Amir comments “Great! Now we have to find another mosque to attend.”
Baran sits outside crying. One of the elderly women comes by and talks to her. She tells Baran that Allah merciful and that she was created in his image. He is not angry at her. That she has value. And that can never be taken away. She hugs her.
I come bearing a gift: https://www.emrap.org/
Sepideh Moafi mentioned this site when she was in an interview. Could be helpful for the fanfic writers out there.
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"You ready?" he asks Al-Hashimi as she comes out of the locker room.
"Yeah, let's go"
"Kelly O's is about a 20 minute bus ride, if you're cool with that" says Dr. Shen
Baran makes a face when he mentions taking the bus.
"We could take an Uber instead," he offered.
"Can't you just drive?"
"I mean, I'd rather not have to deal with parking"
"Fair enough, Uber is it." She takes out her phone and opens the app. "Blue Tesla, plate number ICU-8008" Baran shows him the information.
Shen cackles aloud. "Fitting for us ER doctors, no?"
"How many boobs do you see a day Dr. Shen?" she's laughing along with him. Ever since she started working shifts with Shen they've grown closer. He's easy to be around. Cool under pressure. Has a great bedside manner. And he was very nonchalant when she disclosed her medical condition to him.
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Untitled (1433 words) by georgescouthon Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Pitt (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: John Shen (The Pitt), Baran Al-Hashimi Additional Tags: Platonic Relationships, Platonic Female/Male Relationships Summary: I don't have a title for this one. It's a bit of a one shot though I may add more chapters for the Shen / Al-Hashimi friendship. Baran could use a friend at PTMC, enter John Shen. She's been working with him on some night shifts and after one they decided to go for breakfast. Also: Kelly O's is a real restaurant in Pittsburgh!
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As Wyle himself teased to Vanity Fair in a June 2 interview, “Season 3, doctors benefit from being patients.”
I feel like this'll tie into Al-Hashimi's plot line too but I'm not sure how... Definitely something with her epilepsy. Baran has been a patient almost her whole life. She knows what it's like to be in the chair. Robby, may not have -- or not for a very long time. We know that she's likely pretty regular with her neurologist and she takes her meds. I wonder if she'll give Robby some advice (maybe in another confrontation) about it. OR show the contrast between the two characters; how being a patient for 35 years shapes her relationship to medicine and her job.
If night shift becomes a spin off, it should be a comedy. I think the drama of the day shift would counterbalance a more comedic style night shift.
and another thing. why is every single issue you guys have with the pitt blamed on Noah? he’s not the showrunner. he’s one of the writers, yes, but it’s not like he’s the sole decision maker. it’s always “oh of course Noah would xyz” as if he’s personally responsible for every facet of the show and casting decisions which….let’s just be honest, you’re just making excuses to hate the man
Robby x Al-Hashimi road trip headcanons
Al-Hashimi loves driving. She's fantastic at city driving and parallel parking. However, she makes Robby and her switch off driving duties every 3-4 hours.
They take her car. It's spacious and very safe.
She lets him pick the music for the most part.
Robby has a little bit of road rage however, you won't miss Baran yelling 'FUCKING CUNT'
They stop at Sheetz (a gas station chain in western PA) before heading out
Al-Hashimi has an international playlist
Robby listens to a lot of 'divorced dad rock' as well as stuff from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Michael throws on an audio book at one point. It's Tao Te Ching.
Every stop Baran gets a cola slushy when there's one available. As a child, after every doctor appointment her mother and father would stop and take her to get one
Robby finds out Baran likes musicals. She really enjoys Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables
Usually you'd think that Robby would hesitate to ask for directions but it's actually Al-Hashimi. She's really stubborn when it comes to car stuff.
While Baran is asleep he puts on the works of Rumi (Persian poet) on as an audio book
Baran can sometimes be a backseat driver
1st prompt:
Baran is meticulous about taking her medication on time but gets stuck somewhere without them and is lowkey freaking out (despite her logical brain telling her it's fine and she will take them as soon as she is able)
2nd:
Baran and [character of your choice] are supervising her son's field trip because she doesn't trust herself to do it alone
3rd:
Baran has a surprise visit from a sibling and immediately has a seizure and is so ashamed because she feels like she has once again ruined everything
I love that there's three choices. I'm going to start with number 3.
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DING Baran's phone chimed. She looks at the screen and sees a message from her sister Sareh.
>> Hey Baran, sorry for the late notice but I'm coming to Pittsburgh tomorrow. My husband and the kids are with his family for a few days so I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone and come for a punk show while seeing my little sister. Would it be possible for you to pick me up at the airport?
-- Good to hear from you again. What time does your flight get in?
>> It gets in at 12 PM Friday afternoon.
-- Okay. I think I can take off. I'll just tell work that my family is coming in for a visit. Dr. Shen would be happy to cover for me she thinks.
>> Great! I can't wait to see my sister.
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Baran is waiting at the arrivals section of the airport. She's in her car and watching to see her sister come out one of the entrances. To her surprise she finds that her sister, father, and older brother walk out together. They wave to her.
She is shocked. She hasn't seen her brother or father in YEARS. She wasn't on good terms with them before she ceased contact until Amir had reached out to her. She gets out of her car to help them with their bags. "You know, I don't have room for all of you in my house but I guess we can make something work."
"I can take the couch" said Amir.
"Baba can sleep in my room" Baran says. "I'll sleep with Kamran tonight."
"I'll sleep downstairs with Amir on the air mattress" says Sarah.
They all get into the car and drive back to Baran's place.
~
"Where's Kamran?" her sister asks.
"He's with Asef. I am supposed to pick him up later today" Baran responds.
It happens when Baran is taking her Baba's things up to his (her) room. She freezes, makes an involuntary noise then falls backwards down the stairs. Her body starts convulsing, her head bashes into the railing. Amir quickly jumps into action and grabs her and moves her to the ground, rolls her onto her side, and lets the episode pass. It lasts exactly two minutes and 30 seconds. "Welp, it wouldn't be a family gathering without a medical emergency ammirite?" he quips to his father and Sareh. Amir takes out his phone and dials 911.
"Hello, my sister had a seizure. She fell down the stairs and hit her head against the railing. She has a history epilepsy."
10 minutes later the ambulance arrives. Baran is still out of it when the EMTs come. They look her over and see she has a big gash on her forehead and a few bruises from the fall.
"Hey, habibti everything is going to be okay. You hit your head pretty hard" Amir tries to reassure her. He looks over at Sareh, "Can you call Asef and let him know what happened? See if you can pick up and watch Kamran. Her keys are over in the bowl by the door." Even though he knows the ins and outs of her disorder given his subspecialty of seizure disorders, it’s no less scary witnessing her like this than when she was a kid.
His youngest sister makes some noises. Her father and brother ride along in the ambulance. Muhammad remains silent for the duration of the trip.
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"We have a 40 year old woman who hit her head during a seizure, has a history of epilepsy. She has a laceration on her forehead from the fall." one of the paramedics tells Robby as they wheel her in.
"Dr Al-Hashimi?" Robby says with surprise in his voice.
Amir and Muhammad whip their heads around, "Yes?"
"Oh, looks like there's a few doctors in the family" the chief attending chuckles.
"Wait you know her?" asks Muhammad.
"Yes, she works with me" replies Robby. "I'm Dr. Michael Robinavitch, you can call me Dr. Robby. I am the Chief attending of the PTMC ED. And yourself, Doctor?" he looks at Baran's father.
"My name is Muhammad Al-Hashimi. You can call me Dr. Al-Hashimi. I did not know my daughter worked here." He has a bit of a commanding presence.
Baran starts to regain consciousness and looks around at Robby, Mohan, her brother and father. Her head really hurts. "W-w-what's going on?"
"You had a seizure and hit your head" Robby answers. "Your family called 911 and brought you here."
She feels mortified that Robby is the one attending to her. And that everyone else on shift can see her in such a state. Dr. Shen walks by and sees her. "Fancy seeing you here. Can’t get enough huh?" he says lightly.
Baran weakly nods. She appreciates his attempt at humor.
"Let's bring her to a room" says Robby. "What's open?"
"North 3 is open" says Dana.
~
“We’re going to have to do a CT scan since you hit your head” Robby tells Baran. “I’ll be back soon but first let’s patch up that wound.” Princess comes in with the necessary supplies and gets to work. The wound isn’t too deep but it looks gnarly from the outside.
She nods. She’s been through this before. But she’s incredibly embarrassed that her colleagues, family, and residents are caring for her. She feels helpless. She hates being the one in the hospital bed. And she hates that she feels like Robby is proven right given her current condition.
“Hey, everything is going to be alright habibti” says Amir. His voice was kind, something that she wasn’t used to at all. There were very few moments where he was genuinely nice to her growing up. “I know it’s a little awkward to shit where you eat but at least you know you’re getting quality care.”
Mo is standing there in the corner of the room he doesn’t say anything. He has a look of disapproval on his face. Baran sees him over there. She knows that look. It’s really his default look when he’s around her. She knows she has disappointed him once again.
“Sorry” she murmurs. “This is no different from when I was a child, huh.” She looks sad. “You guys wanted a nice visit and what do you know, I ruin it again.” She looks down and her hands.
“Baran I am glad you are alive” says Amir as he holds out his hand.
She’s a bit teary eyed. But she can’t cry because her father is there. And he would disapprove.
“Amir?” she softly asks, “Can you ask Dr. Robby if he can hand my case off to Shen?” Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi hasn’t gotten over July Fourth’s interaction screaming match. He acted just like her father. Doubting her capabilities and undermining her confidence. She feels uneasy as Muhammad and Michael watch her.
“Yeah, sure. No problem” Amir goes off to find Robby.
~
There’s a knock at the door. It’s Dr. Shen. “Hey, Dr. Al-Hashimi?”
Three voices respond back, “Yes?”
“I mean Baran”
“Yeah John?” she responds.
“We’re ready to take you for your CT now”
One of the nurses comes to get her and brings her up. The CT is relatively quick. While she’s up there, a few of the residents; Mohan, King, McKay, as well as Javadi pop in to check in on her. When she comes back down her father is the only one in the room.
“Where’s Amir?”
“He went to get something to eat. That boy loves hospital food.”
Baran chuckles softly. He did always like food. He wasn’t a picky eater at all.
There’s a period of silence between Baran and her father. Until he breaks it.
“So this is where you work?” he says.
“Yes, this is my workplace”
He has been observing the going ons of the hospital through the windows. “It’s a bit understaffed.”
“I know Baba, we try our best”
“Your residents seem to like you” he nods in approval. “Several of them came by to make sure you’re okay.” It’s subtle and small but the affirming head nod from her father feels like winning the lottery.
Dr. Santos comes by and pokes her head in the room, “Dr Al-Hashimi?”
Both Baran and her father respond.
“I’m talking to my attending” Santos says. “Dr. Shen is busy right now. Your CT results are back. You have a minor concussion. Looks like you’ll have to take it easy for a few days. I can get you some acetaminophen and an ice pack in the meantime. Also, while I’m here: Do you want anything to eat or drink?”
Baran looks over at Mo, “Want anything?”
“I’ll take some water and a turkey sandwich” she says.
“Me too” he says.
Trinity gets the food and drink and brings it back.
“Thank you Dr. Santos” Baran says.
Baran and her father eat their food in silence.
Just like old times she thinks. The shame she feels still lingers. But she notices a slight shift in her father. Maybe he finally is starting to see her. Mo looks back at her, a slight almost smile creeps across his face.
congrats dr j!
Baran is with her father in the hospital waiting to be taken back for her laser ablation.
"Where did Maman go?" the 28 year-old asked.
"She went to get some air. You know how difficult this is for her" said Muhammad. His response was cool and measured. He didn't talk much to her that morning. He seemed like he really wanted this day to be over.
Baran knows how hard her condition has been for her family. But it's always been about their feelings. How it affected Amir, Sareh, and Karim. How her parents spent so much time with her not them. How much money her parents had to spend on her treatment. How far they had to drive to specialists. But no one ever really asked her. How her epilepsy affected her. The toll of dealing with this condition since age five. The weight of being the black sheep of her family. Knowing that her family resented her for this affliction. The emotional weight of carrying her parents’ pain alongside her own.
"Baba?" she asks.
"Yes?"
"I'm scared" she says softly. It's 6:30 AM and her procedure is scheduled at 7. She's tired and nervous.
"Don't be. Hopefully you will be part of the 50-60% success rate"
"Yes, but I'm having surgery on my brain. And I'm really nervous."
"It's hardly brain surgery. Much less invasive than traditional methods. You will be fine."
"Never mind..." a frustrated Baran sighs.
"Don't you want to be seizure free?"
"More than anything" she responds. "But..."
"But what habibti?"
She takes a deep breath in. "I don't need you to be my doctor right now."
"If it wasn't for my profession then you wouldn't be receiving the quality care you've been getting since childhood."
"No, Baba. I mean. I need you to be my dad right now. Not Doctor Al-Hashimi."
Ever since she got sick Mo became emotionally distant towards Baran. His approach was always cold and clinical. He never liked going to her appointments but he took her since he had connections to get the best care for her. It was hard for Mo when his daughter got sick. He and Farah had dealt with a miscarriage years ago and the fear of losing another child became too much. So he shut himself off from her. He was ashamed of himself. Sure, there wasn't anything he could've done to prevent her from falling ill but inside he felt like he failed her. What if she was like this because he wasn't quick enough to catch it. He did let it go a day before rushing her to the nearest ED. Was this a punishment? Who knows. He had failed his family. "I'm trying habibti. All of this has been really difficult."
There was that word again… “difficult”. Baran feels a little irritated. "Have you though? You've never really seen me. I'm just a patient in your eyes Do you ever wonder about how this condition affects me? Because you never ask."
Her father is taken aback and adjusts himself in his seat. "Well... tell me now."
"Shit sucks. Everyone in this family seems to treat me like a burden or an extra expense. Undermining my abilities. 'Baran you can't join the basketball team' 'Baran you can't join debate club' 'Baran you can't go to your dream school.' I'm so sick and tired of you guys treating me like a disgrace. You're not the one who can't drive at age 28. You're not the one about to be rolled in for brain surgery."
"Healthcare is expensive. And I am just looking out for you."
Baran scowls at him. "See! Even comments like that. You dismiss my feelings once again! Want to know something? You've never told me that you were proud of me. I worked hard to get into medical school -- I was in the top 5% of my class. I graduated undergrad with flying colors. I go the mosque weekly. I work, at least part time. I help around the house. Despite dealing with the epilepsy. What more can I do to please you?" She had moved back temporarily with her parents after Stanford. Baran chose to take a gap year before enrolling in residency programs.
"You have been a good daughter."
"Was that so hard to say?"
"...except when you went to the frat party with Karim"
"I know. Sneaking out was wrong."
"You could've killed yourself! You know better."
"I was just going through a lot."
"That's still not an excuse Baran."
"That happened when I was 20."
"Baran sometimes I question your ability to take your condition seriously enough."
That was the comment that did it. "Why is it so hard to tell me that you're proud of me? Why do you have to bring that incident up every time I try and talk to you. Or any other mistake I've made. Am I just a regret that you and Maman have?" Her voice is now filled with emotion. “Karim was the only one who came to my two of my three graduations.” Granted I missed my high school one… because I ended up in the ER… again she thinks.
Muhammad doesn't make eye contact with his daughter.
"I know you don't talk about me to your friends or colleagues. Amir, Sareh, and Karim get all of the praise and complaints. But never me. You hardly mention me -- only in the context fixing 'my issue'." Baran is now visibly upset, her emotions high.
"Excuse me!" A voice says. A nurse pops her head into the room. "I'm so sorry to interrupt but it's time to take you back now Baran." A group of people start to wheel her back to surgery.
I've finally decided to make an AO3 account. First fic is up (it's just one of the ones I've posted here so nothing new... yet!)
Welcome to The Pitt!
[A meme with various characters and attributes of the pitt. Right to left: Tiktok expert (Javadi), Guy from a WWI movie (Whittaker), Lesbian situationship (Santos and Garcia), Bad Ass Mom (Dana Evans), Dr. Gets Shot At For Fun (Abbot), Gossip Girlies (Princess and Perlah), Dr. John 'Dunkin' Shen, Dr. Seizures [aka I'm just thoughtful] (Al-Hashimi), Dr. Suicidal (Robby), Free intubations!, turkey sandwiches, outside friends! (the rats)]
A prompt for you my fellow Al Hashimi simp!
Baran openning up to someone (dealer's choice) about her seizures, similar to how she opened up to Robby, but this time the person is compassionate, understanding, and supportive.
Oooh! Thank you for the ask.
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Because the hospital scheduling is a mess Dr. Al-Hashimi ends up on a night shift with Dr. Shen. It’s her first night shift at PTMC. It’s not too busy of a night though there were five people who came in who “fell” on objects.
"You probably get those a lot" she laughs.
"Yeah, that's night shift for ya, always something interesting" he says.
"Oh I had a question--" she stops mid sentence.
“Dr. Al-Hashimi?”
No response.
“Baran? You good?”
A few more moments pass until she comes to.
“Huh?” she looks at him briefly confused, slowly realizing what happened. Her face changes to an embarrassed expression.
“Are you okay?”
“Uh yeah. I’m fine.”
“Are you sure? It’s like you blanked out there. I noticed you did that your first day too. Everything alright?"
She looks at him. He has this disarming quality about him. She knows he’s a relatively new attending and is eager to jump in when necessary. Should she say something? Of course, people noticed the schedule shake up in there now being two attendings every time Baran was on shift.
“You don’t have to tell me” Shen says “but I’m ready to listen if you ever feel like it” as he takes a sip of his coffee.
"I... better get back to my patients" she quickly says.
~
At the end of the shift Baran sees John in the break room gathering his things.
“Okay,” she takes a deep breath in. “The reason there’s two attendings on shift when I’m around is because I needed a medical accommodation. When I was five I was diagnosed with epilepsy. I experience focal unaware seizures so it may look like I’m out of it. Or thoughtful as many people have said. That’s why I need someone else on staff.” Baran stands there nervously, just like she did with Robby. “I haven’t had a tonic clonic one since before laser ablation in my 20s” she adds. Al-Hashimi tries to read the expression on his face as she tells him this. She feels exposed again.
“Oh thank you for telling me Baran” he says in a non judgmental tone. “That must have been difficult to deal with all your life. You know, you’re an incredible doctor despite that."
An incredible doctor despite that.
"I enjoyed working with you tonight. You bring a lot of valuable insight to the job" he says.
"I appreciate it John"
Shen looks at her, "I would be willing to guess it was probably tough growing up with it and all the pressure to please your family."
She nods. He gets it.
"Hey, I'm a doctor for a reason" he jokingly laughs. "We kids of immigrants have to stick together. If you need anything, let me know. I can give you a ride or be an ear."
Oh boy, I just got an AO3 account. Debating if I want to crosspost some of my writings to there…
also if anybody wants to send prompts for me please do! please send me asks!
new al-hashimi lore 👀
not the multilingual part — we know that but the reasoning. even though she hasn’t had to deal with her seizures for over a year she still has built her life around them. like the type of car she drives (apparently her volvo model is a very safe vehicle; idk anything about breeds of car so correct me if i’m wrong) or the fact she wants to use the AI as an imperfect tool to catch things a patient said that she would miss in an episode. she is a very meticulous person and probably even more so around her epilepsy. i doubt that baran would consider herself disabled tbh but even though she may not see herself that way, she still accommodates her condition.
