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Malka Al Saadi
Dr. Malka Al Saadi, her family, and her country of birth, Iraq, are presented, analyzed, and interpreted through the eyes of a humanitarian, a scientist, a mother, and a victim of ...visualizza altroDr. Malka Al Saadi, her family, and her country of birth, Iraq, are presented, analyzed, and interpreted through the eyes of a humanitarian, a scientist, a mother, and a victim of war. These four distinctive perspectives interact and present the reader with a truly remarkable picture of what it was like to live in Iraq in the last half century; it also provides an insight into the cultural, social, and political arena in Iraq from the 1930s to date and describes in provoking and challenging ways the obstacles, pain, fear, and hope that accompanies this evolution.
Professor Al Saadi and her family, through her own eyes, is presented starting from her childhood in Iraq to her higher medical studies in the United Kingdom, a triumphant return to Iraq, and the experiences in the 1980, 1991, and 2003 wars. Through firsthand accounts, the book takes the reader on a trip through the medical and wider social developments in Iraq and the challenges and losses of three wars. It is detailed, emotional, and sometimes confronting, but above all, it is a story of human resilience, humility, humanity, and perseverance, summarizing over seventy years of personal and geopolitical events that shaped the life of the author and of today’s Middle East.
The author now lives happily in Philadelphia in the United States with her family, and the book concludes with a warm review of life in Philadelphia and its positive impact on the life of the author and her family. In an East-meets-West biography, the book uses simple language written from the heart to describe what is an eventful forty-five-year career.visualizza meno
Libri di Malka Al Saadi
Beyond the Sand Storm: A Woman's Journey from Baghdad to Philadelphia