I Shall Not Hate (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Dr. Isseldin Abuelaish: The narrator/main character of the book. A Palestinian gynecologist from the Gaza strip. Born in the Jabalia Refugee Camp (1955), "the oldest of six brothers and three sisters. The first Palestinian to serve on staff at an Israeli hospital. Attended medical school in Cairo, a diploma from obstetrics and gynecology form the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia "in collaboration with the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of London and a Master's degree in health policy and management from Harvard University. Worked at the V. Buzzi Hospital in Milan, Italy and the Erasme Hospital in Brussels, Belgium where he became an infertility specialist. A senior researcher at the Gertner Institute in the Sheba Hospital at Tel Aviv, Israel. Father of eight children, five of which were girls.
• Besan: Isseldin Abuelaish's eldest child and daughter. Born in Saudi Arabia. Killed by a rocket. Studied business at the Islamic University in Gaza
• Dalal: Isseldin Abuelaish's child and daughter. Born in Saudi Arabia. Studied architectural engineering at the Islamic University in Gaza. Also the name of the author's mother
• Aya: Isseldin Abuelaish's child and daughter.
• Shatha: Isseldin Abuelaish's child
• Mayar: Isseldin Abuelaish's child.
• Mohammed: Isseldin Abuelaish's youngest child and son
• Noor: The author's sixth brother. He "had become caught up in the conflict of the region and has been missing for decades."
• Anael Harpaz: A coordinator of the Creativity for Peace Program
• Debra Sugerman: Organized a peace effort and filmed a documentary of Israeli and Palestinian girls traveling on a road trip across the U.S.
• Shlomi Eldar: The anchorman on Israel's Channel 10
• Nomika Zion: An Israeli woman from Sderot
• Abdullah: The author's son.
• Nadia: The author's late-wife
• Gilad Shalit: An Israeli soldier captured by Islamic militants in June 2006, an act which provoked a blockade against Gaza
• Dr. Marek Glezerman: Writer of the Foreword. Chairman of the Hospital for Women and the deputy director of Rabin Medical Center, Israel
• David Ben-gurion: the founder of Israel
• Ahmed Al Halaby: a teacher at the refugee camp where the author attended. Preserved the author's investment in education by showing support and encouraging consistent attendance.
• Ahmed Alajroudi: Egyptian governor of the Gaza Strip who presented an award for academic achievement to the author.
• Ariel Sharon: Israeli military commander of the Gaza Strip
• Ahmad Shukeiri: Led the PLO from June 1964 to December 1967
• Yahya Hammuda: Led the PLO from December 1967 to February 1969
• Mahmoud Abbas: Current leader of the PLO
• Atta: One of the author's brothers. Temporarily studied medicine in the Philippines before returning to Gaza to study pharmacology
• Shebab: One of the author's brothers
• Rezek: One of the author's brothers
• Bill Clinton: U.S. President. The first to visit Palestinian Territory in 1998
• Dr. Bruno Lunenfeld: A professor at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba who facilitated the author's residency at an Israeli hospital
• Dr. Vaclav Insler: A professor at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba who facilitated the author's residency at an Israeli hospital
• Moshe Mazor: Add a description of this character.
• Shimon Glick: A professor at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba
• Margalith Carmi: A professor at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba
• Dr. Shlomo Usef: Director of Soroka hospital
• Dr. Ohad Burke: Director of the genetic institute
• David Makovsky: Journalist and senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Steven Flatow: The father of Alisa Flatow. Steven's son was killed by a Palestinian terrorist
• Esther Chachkes: Director of the social work department at New York University Medical Center
• Mona Abramson: A friend and colleague of the author
• Arthur James Balfour: On behalf of the Zionist Federation, penned the Oslo Declaration
• Lord Rothschild: The recipient of the Oslo Declaration
• Gregory Khalil: Palestinian American attorney (2005)
• Moustafa Abuelaish: The grandfather of the author
• Wafa Samir Ibrahim al-Biss: A 21-year old Palestinian who was treated at the author's hospital and was later thwarted in her attempt to detonate a bomb strapped to herself in order to decimate the hospital.
• Mordechai Shani: The Director and Founder of the Gertner Institute
• Dr. Zeev Rotstein: The Director General of the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv
• Aisha Saifi: Palestinian project coordinator for Circle of Health International: Coexistence in the Middle East.
• Yousra: Aunt to the author's children
• Aliah: Nadia's--the author's wife's--sister-in-law
• Shlomi Eldar: "A well-known Israeli television journalist who also writes fro various Israeli publications" and a friend of the author.
• Maryam: The author's sister-in-law. Sister of the author's deceased wife. The author fleetingly considered re-marriage to Maryam.
• Ehud Olmert: Israeli Prime Minister
• Tzipi Livni: Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Ghaida: Atta's--the author's brother's--daughter
• Dr. Peter Singer: Professor at the University of Toronto who extended an invitation to the author to join the research fellowship there.
• Dr. Abdallah Daar: Professor at the University of Toronto who extended an invitation to the author to join the research fellowship there.
• Amos Gilad: Major General and head of the Israeli Defense Ministry's security coordination.
• Ehud Barak
• Sanaa: Atta's--the author's brother's--wife
• Akaaber: Nasser's wife
• Levana Stern: Israeli mother of three sons. The sons were killed by Palestinian terrorists. She contradicts the author's pleas for fair treatment of Palestinians based on the experience.
• Tammie Ronen: A professor of social work at Tel Aviv University who collaborated in research with the author
• Etimad: The author's sister
• Ricahrd Goldstone: South African Judge who issued a highly controversial report on strikes against the Gaza Strip
• Mon Eltahawy: New York columnist
• Jean-Marc Delizee: Secretary of state for the Belgian Parliament
• Hans-Gert Pottering: President of the EU Parliament. German
• Nomika Zion: from Sderot. One of the 2009 recipients for the Niarchos Prize for Survivorship

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• “She once said, “When I grow up and become a mother, I want my kids to live in a reality where the word rocket is just another name for a space shuttle.””

  Mayar

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Gaza Strip: An area roughly at the northeast of Israel. In the narrative, the author's home country and place of residence. "Has the highest population density in the world. The majority of its approximately 1.5 million residents are Palestinian refugees, many of whom have been living in refugee camps for decades; it is estimated that 80 percent are living in poverty. Our schools are overcrowded, and there isn't enough money to pave the roads or supply the hospitals. The eight refugee camps and the cities--Gaza City and Jabalia City--that make up Gaza are noisy, crowded, dirty. One refugee camp, the Beach Camp in Western Gaza City, houses more than eighty-one thousand people in less than one half of a square mile."
• Mecca: The destination of the hajj, or Muslim pilgrimage. Located in Saudi Arabia. Location of the hill of Arafat, "the site where the prophet Muhammad delivered his last sermon."
• Arafat: A hill located outside of Mecca. Visited by Muslim pilgrims during hajj. The location of the prophet Muhammad's final sermon
• Milan: A city in Italy. The location of V. Buzzi hospital, where the author studied/worked
• Brussels: City in Belgium. The location of Erasme Hospital where the author studied/worked and became an infertility specialist
• University of Toronto: The author was offered employment at the university and moved to Canada with his children to live there for a few years.
• Harvard University: Where the author earned his Master's degree in Health Policy and Management
• Kabul: City in Afghanistan. Where the author collaborated with the World Health Organization
• Jabalia: A refugee camp that makes up the Gaza Strip. The birth place of the author
• Cairo: City in Egypt. The location of the author's first university studies.
• Saudi Arabia: The author and his wife lived there and had two children before returning to Gaza
• Beersheba: A city in Israel. The location of Soroka Medical Center, where the author worked
• Santa Fe: Located in New Mexico, U.S. Where the author's daughters attended the Creativity for Peace Camp
• Mehola Junction: Identified as the location of the first Palestinian suicide bombing against Israel. A rest area on the Jordan Valley Highway. Incident occurred April 16, 1993
• Ismailia: "Capital of Egypt's Canal region and renowned for its melons"
• Beit Lahia: A fruit farm north of Jablia refugee camp in Gaza. Used as a location of respite during an Israeli assault against Jablia Camp
• Moshav Hodaia: A farm where the author worked for a Jewish family named Madmoony. "Close to the town of Ashqelon."
• Demra: The home village of the author's mother
• West Bank: A refugee camp for Palestinians. Located along the Jordan River
• Houg: The land of the author's origins as pertaining to his father and grandfather. Known currently as Sharon Farm, owner listed as Ariel Sharon
• Erez: "Located in the northern part of the Strip, about a ten-minute drive from my home...the only crossing that serves as a pedestrian exit point for Gaza residents."
• Jordan: Country neighboring the Gaza Strip and Israel. Identified by the author as "the only way to travel abroad."

Organizations edit see section history

• Creativity for Peace Camp: "run by Israeli and Palestinian coordinators" to foster adaptive relationships between Israeli and Palestinian girls.
• World Health Organization (WHO): The author collaborated with this organization in Kabul, Afghanistan
• Hamas: From "an acronym which means 'Islamic Resistance Movement'...a Palestinian organization that has governed the Gaza portion of the Palestinian Territories." A sociopolitical movement headquartered in Gaza and founded in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
• Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): Add a description of this organization.
• League of Nations
• Zionist Federation
• Palestinian Authority: "Gave self-rule to Palestinians under the leadership of Yasser Arafat in 1994, the Palestinian parliamentary elections of 1996, and the rise of Hamas in 2006."
• Fatah
• Knesset: Israeli Parliament
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees: UNRWA
• Maram Project
• USAID
• The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• Circle of Health International (COHI): Coexistence in the Middle East. Palestinian project coordinator Aisha Saifi
• Population Services International: (PSI)
• Survivor Corps: Issue the Niarchos Prize for Survivorship
• United Nations Human Rights Council
• Amnesty International

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Glossary edit see section history

• Hajj: "The pilgrimage to Mecca that takese place between the seventh and twelfth days of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar. This is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world."
• Waqfat Arafat: "The Islamic observance day during hajj in which pilgrims pray for forgiveness and mercy. It's the first of the three days of Eid al-Adha that mark the end of hajj."
• Feast of Sacrifice: "The most important feast of Islam. It recalls Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God and commemorates God's forgiveness."
• Qassam rockets: Describe this term.
• Narghile
• Lakh: "Go"
• Sabra: A cactus-like succulent that "has been used for thousands of years as a hedge to mark the borders of Palestinian farmlands."
• Kibbutzim
• Mukhtar: "Head," as in the head of a group of people
• El Aish: "Bread"
• Abu: "The one who gives bread, hospitality, and care to his guests"
• Nakba: "Catastrophe"
• Balfour Declaration: Established Palestine as the national homeland of the Jewish people. November 2, 1917
• Israeli Declaration of Independence: May 14, 1948
• Sinai War: a.k.a. Suez Crisis, a.k.a. Tripartite Aggression. October 26, 1956. Britain, France and Israel initiate assault on Egypt for the latter country's imposition of a blockade on ships bearing certain cargo to Israel. "In the aftermath, Gaza formally came under Egyptian administration, a state of affairs that would last eleven years."
• Six Day War: June 5-10 1967, "was a war between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The Arab states of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria also contributed troops and arms. At the war's end, Israel had gained control of the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan heights." Referred to in the Arabic as "Harb 1967"; in Hebrew as "Milhemet Sheshet Ha-Yamim"
• Yom Kippur War: 1973-1974
• Intifada: 1987 and 2000
• Arab-Israeli War: 1948
• Kaffiyeh: The "rectangular piece of cloth draped over the head and held in place by a cord...made famous by the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat."
• Ekal: The cord used to anchor the kaffiyeh, or cloth draped over the head
• Piastres: A currency once used in the Gaza strip
• Harb: Arabic for "war"
• Lira: Once currency used in Israel
• Hippocratic Oath
• Prayer of Maimonides
• Declaration of Geneva
• Mesarevet: Hebrew: "refused"
• Oslo Accords: August 1993
• Kavod: Respect
• Shivyon: Equality
• thalassemia: An inherited recessive blood disease affecting the hemoglobin
• Phocomelia: A malformation in which babies are born with limbs that look like flippers on a seal
• Anophthalmia: The congenital absence of one or both eyes
• Shabak: An officer of the Israeli Security Agency
• Shwarma: A sandwichlike wrap of shaved meat
• Niarchos Prize for Survivorship
• Dear Mr. President: A documentary of Palestinian and Israeli girls on a U.S. road trip
• Shakshuka: Made with eggs and tomatoes
• Gaza War: "Code named Operation Cast Lead by the IDF, called the Gaza Massacre in the Arab world and the War in the South by the Israelis"
• Sukkoth

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Izzeldin Abuelaish (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 610.92

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › History › Middle East
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Daughers for Life Foundation: The foundation provides scholarships for high school and university education and will examine existing programs and services to find out what is working for girls and women, and what is not. It will develop new curriculum to fill the gaps and assist in improving current programs. At the same time, the foundation will use its funds to commission research into the advancement of girls and women and to create an advocacy program to make sure the community gets behind the changes we propose.
• Creativity for Peace: A program to incite ongoing relationships and dialogue between Palestinian and Israeli girls
• Dear Mr. President the Movie: A documentary referenced during the book. A documentary of Israeli and Palestinian girls sharing a cross-country road trip in the United States