I Shall Not Hate : A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity

from DeltaQueen50

What an eye-opener I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish was. This is the first book I have read by a Palestinian, not to mention one who was born and lived all his life in Gaza. Born to poverty in the internment camps, yet managing to educate himself and train as a doctor, this man is quite a r...

from Donna828

If all people in the Middle East adopted the mutual respect philosophy of Dr. Abuelaish, it would become a land of peace rather than a hotbed of festering hatred. The author writes about life in Gaza, a 25-mile strip of land controlled by Israel where "promises are broken and opportunities are lo...

from stretch

I Shall Not Hate is truly a book worth reading. The raw emotional passion that Abuelaish feels throughout the book is self-evident in this unapologetic, unpolished work about one man's hope for a new way forward for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Abuelaish, a Palestinian physician, is an advoc...

from cameling

This is an amazingly inspirational memoir by a Palestinian doctor, born in a refugee camp in Gaza, and who, after his wife died, then lost 3 of his daughters when the Israelis fired into his home in the Gaza strip. His daughters died simply because they had been sleeping against "the wrong wall" ...

from -Cee-

This is a unique autobiography and thoughtful expose of life in the Gaza Strip, written by a Nobel-nominated, Palestinian doctor who is convinced that peace in the Middle East is possible. Some will read this book and decide the author, Dr. Abuelaish, is a dreamer. But then, we have had dreamers ...