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Description edit
From one of the world’s greatest humanitarian activists comes a searing personal memoir that is also an urgent call to confront suffering in all its many forms. Having seen things we hope never to see, confronted suffering and dispassion and evil we hope never to encounter, and faced deep... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Dr.James Orbinski: His memoir about the experiences he's encountered working as a humanitarian doctor in Rwanda, Somalia, and others.
- Jules: Add a description of this character.
- Hurzi
- Dana
- Abdul
- Don Macneil
- Aidid
- Bernard Kouchner
- Mobutu
- Arjan
- Eric
- Clinton
- Dallaire
- Wouter
- Joni
- Giovanni
- Paul Kagame
- Lulu
- Habyarimana
- Vanessa
- Jean-marc
- Thérèse
- Jacques
- Therese
- Adan Hussein
- Adan
- Alan
- Masisi
- Sylvie
- Gilbert
- Rolie
- James Fraser
- Allah
- Siad Barre
- Philippe Gaillard
- Mrs. Black
- Hellmer
- Rieff
- Emile
- Jonathan Brock
- Uwimana
- Susan
- Mahdi
- Frank Kamanzi
- Suki
Setting & Locations edit
- Rwanda
- Baidoa
- Kigali
- Somalia
- United States
- Zaire
- Kosovo
- Mogadishu
- Goma
- Canada
- Afghanistan
- France
- South Africa
- Europe
- Jalalabad
- Nairobi
- Kabul
- Sudan
- Kivu
- Malawi
- Uganda
- Faisal Hospital
- Pakistan
- Amsterdam
- Iraq
- North Korea
- New York
- Khartoum
- Toronto
- Yugoslavia
- Chechnya
- Paris
- Washington
- Kenya
- Russia
- Burundi
- China
- Brussels
- Thailand
- Belgium
- Hawina
- Brazil
- Serbia
- Tanzania
- Congo
- Khayelitsha
- Cambodia
- Albania
- Buurhakaba
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 610.92
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Medical › Administration & Medicine Economics › Public Health › Health Care
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Poverty › Social Services & Welfare
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Medical
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Philanthropy & Charity
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Personal Health
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