Walking Free : The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Man Who Fled War-Torn Iraq, Came to Australia as a Refugee by Boat, Spent Months in a Detention Centre and Went on to Become a Pioneering Surgeon
by Munjed Al Muderis
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- 1760110728
- ISBN 13
- 9781760110727
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Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2014. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 325 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2014. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of Military Police marched into the operating theatre and ordered the surgical team to mutilate the ears of three busloads of army deserters. When the head of surgery refused, he was executed in front of his staff. Munjed's choices were stark - comply and breach the medical oath 'do no harm', refuse and face certain death, or flee. That day, Munjed's life changed forever. He escaped to Indonesia, where he boarded a filthy, overcrowded refugee boat, bound for Australia. Like his fellow passengers, he hoped for a new life, free from fear and oppression, but for ten months he was incarcerated in what became known as the worst of the refugee camps, Curtin Detention Centre in Western Australia. There he was known only by a number, locked in solitary confinement and repeatedly told to go back to Iraq. On 26 August 2000, Munjed was finally freed. Now, fourteen years later, he is one of the world's leading osseointegration surgeons, transforming the lives of amputees with a pioneering technique that allows them to walk again. Walking Free is Munjed's extraordinary account of his journey from the brutality of Saddam Hussein's Iraq to a new life in Australia and a remarkable career at the forefront of medicine. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781760110727. Inventory No: 22070093.. 9781760110727
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- Title
- Walking Free : The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Man Who Fled War-Torn Iraq, Came to Australia as a Refugee by Boat, Spent Months in a Detention Centre and Went on to Become a Pioneering Surgeon
- Author
- Munjed Al Muderis
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1760110728
- ISBN 13
- 9781760110727
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2014
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- BZDB5 Biography & Autobiography; Walking Free : The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Man Who Fled War-Torn Iraq, Came to Australia as a Refugee by Boat, Spent Months in a Detention Centre and Went on to Become a Pioneering Surgeon
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