This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria.
A passionately committed humanitarian, she is determined that others will escape the horrors she survived..
Growing up in a closely confined society, she dared to dream―first of an education, then of a career―that allowed her to make her mark on the world and protect the country she loves.
Amani Ballour is a game changer who, like Malala Yousafzai, will be remembered as one of history’s great heroines.
Moving forward.
Becoming a refugee.
Abandoning the hospital.
Attempting to employ more women.
Losing colleagues.
Shielding children from a horrific sarin attack.
Among the facets of this powerful tale: Becoming a hospital director.
As the revolution unfolded, she volunteered at a local clinic and was thrown into the deep end of emergency medicine.
Growing up in Assad’s Syria, Ballour knew she wanted to be more than a housewife, even as her siblings were married off in their teens.
The only woman to have ever run a wartime hospital, she saved her peers from the atrocities of war while contending with the patriarchal conservatism around her.
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Simply put, there is no one in Syria with a story like Dr.
This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria
