I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish

I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish

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.

'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 *

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

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ISBN 13	9781408822098
ISBN 10	1408822091
Title	I Shall Not Hate
Author	Izzeldin Abuelaish
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2012-02-02
Number of pages	256
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