I Shall Not Hate

Author: Izzeldin Abuelaish

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  • : 24.99 NZD
  • : 9781408822098
  • : Bloomsbury
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  • : February 2012
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  • : March 2012
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Description

The extraordinary story of a Palestinian doctor who, despite witnessing the death of three of his daughters in the Israeli incursion into Gaza in January 2009, continued his medical and humanitarian work aimed at bringing the people of the region together in peace.

Promotion info

I Shall Not Hate delivers a message of hope that grew out of terrible tragedy. Izzeldin Abuelaish's tragedy raced around the world after being covered live on Israeli television. He's since been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and is in the process of opening a foundation in honor of his three daughters and niece who were killed. Documentary film rights have been sold to David Paperny, the Academy award-winning Canadian producer/director.

Reviews

'This story is a necessary lesson against hatred and revenge.' Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 'In this book, Doctor Abuelaish has expressed a remarkable commitment to forgiveness and reconciliation that describes the foundation for a permanent peace in the Holy Land.' President Jimmy Carter 'A remarkable study of compassion, and of daily life in the Gaza Strip' Sunday Times If there is to be peace in the Middle East, it will come through men and women of his giant moral stature and epic capacity for forgiveness. I urge everybody to read this wonderful book.' Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph

Author description

Izzeldin Abuelaish, is a Palestinian doctor and infertility expert who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. He received a scholarship to study medicine in Cairo, Egypt, and then received a diploma from the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of London. He completed a residency in the same discipline at Soroka hospital in Israel, followed by a subspecialty in fetal medicine in Italy and Belgium. He then undertook a masters in public health at Harvard University. Before his three daughters were killed in January 2009 during the Israeli incursion into Gaza, Dr Abuelaish worked as a researcher at the Gerner Institute at the Sheba hospital in Tel Aviv. He now lives with his family in Toronto, where he is an associate professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. His website and foundation can be found at www.daughtersforlife.com