{"id":22477,"date":"2014-11-07T16:11:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T21:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=22477"},"modified":"2014-11-19T16:09:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T21:09:55","slug":"dr-izzeldin-abuelaish-palestinian-physician-and-peace-activist-brings-message-of-hope-and-justice-to-emu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/dr-izzeldin-abuelaish-palestinian-physician-and-peace-activist-brings-message-of-hope-and-justice-to-emu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Palestinian physician and peace activist, brings message of hope and justice to EMU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his book, <em>I Shall Not Hate<\/em>, Izzeldin Abuelaish traces his journey from an impoverished childhood in the Gaza Strip to medical school in Egypt and eventually, in face of enormous barriers, to become the first Palestinian doctor on the staff of an Israeli hospital. The book also describes his commitment to peacebuilding in Gaza, Israel and beyond \u2013 a commitment that was improbably deepened after three of his daughters and a niece died when his house was shelled by Israeli tanks in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>During a two-day visit to Eastern Mennonite University in early November, Abuelaish shared what he described as a \u201cmessage of hope and of justice\u201d that views <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/peacebuilding\/\">peacebuilding<\/a> through a medical lens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unit structure of our body is the cell. If one cell is sick, the whole body will react. My peace is linked to your peace. I am not in peace as long as others are not,\u201d said Abuelaish during his Suter Science Seminar speech, arguing that seemingly distant violent conflict affects everyone in the world.<a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2014\/11\/abuelaish_SarahGingrich_large2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-22480\" src=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2014\/11\/abuelaish_SarahGingrich_large2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"abuelaish_SarahGingrich_large2\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2014\/11\/abuelaish_SarahGingrich_large2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2014\/11\/abuelaish_SarahGingrich_large2-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2014\/11\/abuelaish_SarahGingrich_large2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview, Abuelaish also used medical language to prescribe a first step people can take to address conflict elsewhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to dig deeper to find out the root causes of the problem,\u201d he said. \u201cAs in medicine, we take the history, we learn the history in order to reach accurate diagnosis. Accurate diagnosis is the light, is the truth, which helps us to set up the right treatment, and not to be stereotyped or deceived or misinformed anymore. That\u2019s what is important, the first step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An obstetrician and gynecologist by training, Abuelaish is now an associate professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He also oversees the Daughters for Life Foundation, which was established in the memory of his three daughters to provide scholarships to women from the Middle East. Abuelaish is a vocal advocate for women\u2019s education and empowerment to become \u201cagents of change in our world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a powerful reminder that the things that seem most tragic in our lives, we have the choice to turn them into something positive,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\/\">Daryl Byler<\/a>, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\/\">EMU\u2019s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP)<\/a>. \u201cHe places a lot of hope in educating women so that they are prepared and able to be more a part of peacebuilding processes \u2026 and that\u2019s something that we&#8217;re committed to here at CJP to nurturing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For several years, students supported by <a href=\"http:\/\/daughtersforlife.com\/devdfl2013\/\">Daughters for Life<\/a> have been studying at universities in Gaza, Israel and several other Middle Eastern countries, and in August, five women from the region began studying at the New College of Florida. During his visit to campus, Abuelaish expressed interest in a partnership that would send students from Daughters for Life to study at EMU, and met with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/president\/\">President Loren Swartzendruber<\/a> to discuss the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Abuelaish\u2019s story is compelling and one the world needs to hear,\u201d said Swartzendruber. \u201cLikewise, the dream of the Daughters for Life Foundation to educate girls and women from the Middle East is one that resonates with us at EMU. We will give serious consideration to developing a partnership with what is clearly a worthy cause, alongside the many other requests we receive from around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/science-seminars\/\">Suter Science Seminar<\/a> presentation, Abuelaish spoke at a seminary chapel, gave an evening community lecture, and attended a luncheon and conversation hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/interfaith\/\">EMU\u2019s Center for Interfaith Engagement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lost my daughters but I didn\u2019t lose hope,\u201d he said. \u201cI am here because of hope \u2026 [but] hope is not just a word \u2026 it needs someone to carry it, to believe in it, to move forward with it. Everything starts small. Start doing it. Others will follow you. Don\u2019t wait for others. You need to start for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his book, I Shall Not Hate, Izzeldin Abuelaish traces his journey from an impoverished childhood in the Gaza Strip to medical school in Egypt and eventually, in face of <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/dr-izzeldin-abuelaish-palestinian-physician-and-peace-activist-brings-message-of-hope-and-justice-to-emu\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Palestinian physician and peace activist, brings message of hope and justice to EMU<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":22479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,5583,14184,14715,13679,12503,409,5600,265,7682],"tags":[16124,6069,5727,5690],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-22477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-campus-community","category-campus-guests","category-campus-life","category-center-for-interfaith-engagement","category-cjp","category-chapel","category-nursing","category-seminary","category-suter-science-seminar","tag-izzeldin-abuelaish","tag-loren-swartzendruber","tag-office-of-the-president","tag-peacebuilding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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