Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Canadian-Palestinian medical doctor and author.
12 Facts About Izzeldin Abuelaish
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Izzeldin Abuelaish was born in Gaza, And was a Palestinian doctor who worked in an Israeli hospital and has been active in promoting Israeli- Palestinian reconciliation.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish had been calling in reports about the effect of the war by phone to a TV station.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish moved to Canada where he was recruited by the University of Toronto and wrote a 2011 memoir entitled I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish received his elementary, preparatory and secondary education in the refugee camp schools.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish was the first Palestinian doctor to receive a staff position at an Israeli hospital, where he treated both Israeli and Palestinian patients.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish worked as a physician in the Gaza Strip and worked in Israel at Soroka Medical Center and Sheba Medical Center.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish lived in a multi-story building in Jabalia that he and his brother had built.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish's daughters had attended a peace camp with Israeli children in the United States.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish founded the Daughters for Life Foundation in memory of his three daughters who were killed.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish wrote a 2011 memoir entitled I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity.
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Izzeldin Abuelaish's fingers were torn, just attached by a tag of skin.