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Author Kanaaneh, Hatim, 1937-

Title A doctor in Galilee : the life and struggle of a Palestinian in Israel / Hatim Kanaaneh ; with a foreword by Jonathan Cook
Published London, UK : Pluto Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 276 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Cat and Mouse -- 2. Second Homecoming -- 3. Legends of the Diwan -- 4. Present Absentees -- 5. My First Shaheed -- 6. Lost in the System -- 7. Evil Eye -- 8. Galilee Folkways -- 9. Galilee Panoramas -- 10. Genocide, Here and There -- 11. Out of the Closet -- 12. Tribal Politics -- 13. Tales from Area Nine -- 14. Donkeys with Neckties -- 15. Different Resistance -- 16. Suffering the Lashes -- 17. Agonies of War -- 18. In the Shin Bet's Sights -- 19. Reaping the Whirlwind -- 20. Deja Vu -- 21. Little Piece of Palestine
Summary Hatim Kanaaneh is a Palestinian doctor who has struggled for over 35 years to bring medical care to Palestinians in Galilee, against a culture of anti-Arab discrimination. This is the story of how he fought for the human rights of his patients and overcame the Israeli authorities' cruel indifference to their suffering. Kanaaneh is a native of Galilee, born before the creation of Israel. He left to study medicine at Harvard, before returning to work as a public health physician with the intention of helping his own people. He discovered a shocking level of disease and malnutrition in his community and a shameful lack of support from the Israeli authorities. After doing all he could for his patients by working from inside the system, Kanaaneh set up The Galilee Society, an NGO working for equitable health, environmental and socio-economic conditions for Palestinian Arabs in Israel. This is a brilliant memoir that shows how grass roots organisations can loosen the Zionist grip upon Palestinian lives
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Kanaaneh, Hatim, 1937-
SUBJECT Kanaaneh, Hatim, 1937- fast
Subject Physicians -- Israel -- Galilee -- Biography
Public health -- Israel -- Galilee -- History -- 20th century
Human rights -- Israel -- Galilee
Physicians.
Physicians
Public Health -- history
physicians.
HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
Human rights
Physicians
Public health
SUBJECT Galilee (Israel) -- History -- 20th century
Subject Israel -- Galilee
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781849644051
1849644055