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Time: September 24 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road Vancouver, BC Tickets: $8 per person
Tickets will be available for purchase from all Ticketmaster locations, ticketmaster.ca (service charge may apply) and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on **Thursday July 29th at 12:00 PM.**
Tickets will also be available for purchase the following day, Friday July 30th, from the UBC Bookstore Information desk,the Outpost in the UBC Student Union Building and the Peoples Coop Bookstore (on Commercial Drive).
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, MD, MPH, a Palestinian medical doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee Camp is a passionate and eloquent proponent of peace between Palestinians and Israelis. He received his elementary, preparatory and secondary education in the refugee camp schools. He received a scholarship to study medicine in Cairo, Egypt and then a diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of London.
From 1997-2002 he completed a residency in OB/Gyn at the Soroka University hospital in Beer Sheva Israel followed by a subspecialty in Fetal medicine in Italy and Belgium; then a Master in Public health (Health Policy and Management) from the 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 Gertner Institute at the Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv.
Abueaish has been an important figure in the Israeli-Palestinian relations for years, working in Israeli hospitals, treating Israeli and Palestinian patients and fully believe that health is an engine in the peace journey. This horrific tragedy did not harden Abuelaish’s heart; neither did it weaken his resolve to act for humanity. He continues to live up the description bestowed upon him by an Israeli colleague, as a magical, secret bridge between Israelis and Palestinians.
Awards:
• April 2009 :Stavros Niarchos Prize for Survivorship • 2009: Search for common Ground Award; Washington • 2009: Middle East Institute Award; Washington • One of three finalists for 2009 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, the European Parliament's award for human rights and democracy campaigners. • Nobel peace prize nominee 2010
Book: I SHALL NOT HATE: THE GAZA DOCTOR’s JOURNEY *** Copies of the book are going to be sold at the event***
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish currently is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health; University Of Toronto.
In solidarity, The SPHR UBC Executive Team
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