I shall not hate
Subtitle: a Gaza doctor's journey
By: Izzeldin Abuelaish
Publisher: Random House Canada
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780307358882
Subjects: Physicians; Biography; Arab-Israeli conflict; Palestinian Arab Personal narratives; Gaza War, 2008-2009; Personal narratives. Palestinian Arab; Pacifists; Médecins; Biographies; Conflit israélo-arabe; Récits personnels palestiniens; Guerre de Gaza, 2008-2009; Pacifistes; Gynecology; Obstetrics; Refugees; Warfare
Description: Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish - now known simply as "the Gaza doctor" captured hearts and headlines around the world in the aftermath of horrific tragedy: on January 16, 2009, Israeli shells hit his home in the Gaza Strip, killing three of his daughters and a niece. By turns inspiring and heartbreaking, hopeful and horrifying, this is Abuelaish's account of a Gazan life in all its struggle and pain. A Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Abuelaish is an infertility specialist who lived in Gaza but plied his specialty in Israeli hospitals. From the strip of land he calls home (a place where 1.5 million refugees are crammed into 360 square kilometres of land), the Gaza doctor has been crossing the lines that divide the region for most of his life, as a physician who treats patients on both sides of the border and as a humanitarian who sees the need for improved public health and education for women as the way forward in the Middle East. But it was Abuelaish's response to the loss of his children that made news and won him humanitarian awards around the world. Instead of seeking revenge or sinking into hatred, in this personal account of his life, Izzeldin Abuelaish is calling for the people of the Middle East to start talking to each other. His deepest hope is that his daughters will be the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis.--Publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Introduction by Dr. Marek Glezerman; title: Sand and sky; title: Refugee childhood; title: Finding my way; title: Hearts and minds; title: Loss; title: Attack; title: Aftermath; title: Our new home; title: Daughters for life.