num_pages: 320
description: In April 2003, 21-year-old Tom Hurndall, an English photojournalism student, was shot in the head as he carried a Palestinian child out of the range of an Israeli army sniper in the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. This book presents the story of this man who went to the Middle East as an observer and lost his life through a selfless human act.
language: English
title: Defy the Stars: The Life and Death of Tom Hurndall
titlecomplete: Defy the Stars: The Life and Death of Tom Hurndall
genres: Biography
ratings_count: 39
publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd