Dawas met Khatib through his work for Jordan's General Union of Voluntary Societies, an umbrella group that oversees the country's 650 charitable and voluntary organizations. Dawas became the administrative officer for the cancer center project, which he says is the biggest charitable nonprofit health project in the Middle East. Now Al-Amal is a reality, a hospital located within the University of Jordan complex in Amman. And Dawas is preparing to become top administrative officer. We've made a big effort to make it very beautiful, to offset the grim reality of cancer.
Cancer is very scary in Jordan.
Now that we have this hospital, we can reduce the suffering. Cancers will be detected earlier, and there will be a higher survival rate. Dyala's death has changed a country. It was clear to Dawas that he would need a deeper education in administration and healthcare to fulfill the responsibilities of hospital administrator. Fortunately, he was granted a Fulbright fellowship that paid his educational expenses abroad for two years.