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Gaza Dr. I. Abuelaish Speaks at LA Central Library
Wednesday, January 12th 2011 7:00 pm
Los Angeles, CA
Gaza resident pens 'I Shall Not Hate' after Israeli attack
He lost 3 daughters to Israel's "Cast Lead" and has written a book, "I Shall Not Hate." At 7 PM, free, in the Aloud series, at 630 W. 5th St. in dntn L.A., but reservations advised, at 213/228-7025 or www.aloud.org.
The book should be available for purchase & signing.
Parking lots are to west and south of the library - no validation on Wed. Entrance at Mark Taper Auditorium on 5th St.
From Publishers Weekly:
Born in a refugee camp in 1955, Palestinian physician Abuelaish suffers a catastrophic loss when three of his daughters are killed in their home by Israeli fire in 2009. An Israeli television journalist's live broadcast of his call for help captures Israeli public and world press attention. "Most of the world has heard of the Gaza Strip," as Abuelaish says, "but few know what it's like to live here, blockaded, impoverished, year after year, decade after decade." Abuelaish portrays everyday life in Gaza and tells the remarkable story of how he came to be "the first Palestinian doctor to be on staff at an Israeli hospital." The "tortured politics of Palestine, Israel, and the Middle East" are rendered graphic by his personal accounts of "the humiliation, the fear, the physical difficulty" of border checkpoints and bulldozed homes. Abuelaish tells of the "satisfying, even wonderful" moments, "the good chapter of a bad story," as well; an infertility specialist, he is as "thoroughly smitten" with his research as he is appalled that "Gaza hospitals are rundown and can't be repaired because of an embargo is preposterous." Abuelaish knows anger, but in this impassioned, committed attempt to show the reader life on the sliver of land that is Gaza, he demonstrates that "anger is not the same as hate."
By turns inspiring and heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, “I Shall Not Hate” is Izzeldin Abuelaish's account of an extraordinary life. A Harvard-trained Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and "who has devoted his life to medicine and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians" (New York Times), Abuelaish has been crossing the lines in the sand that divide Israelis and Palestinians for most of his life - as a physician who treats patients on both sides of the line, as a humanitarian who sees the need for improved health and education for women as the way forward in the Middle East. And, most recently, as the father whose daughters were killed by Israeli soldiers on January 16, 2009, during Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip. His response to this tragedy made news and won him humanitarian awards around the world. Instead of seeking revenge or sinking into hatred, Abuelaish called for the people in the region 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."
Video Interview with Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish – (27 Minutes)
http://vimeo.com/10268085
Contact:
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codepinkla@gmail.com Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 7:00 pm Los Angeles Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Downtown LA Book will be available for purchase and signing, Reservations at 213-228-7025 Go Metro: Lines 16, 18, 37, 53, 55, 60, 62, 71, 76, 78, 79, 96, 316, 355, 378, 720, 770
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