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Eldonita je 18-a de decembro 2022 de Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:: 978-0-552-17764-1

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Born in war-torn Afghanistan, Waheed Arian's earliest memories are of bombs. Fleeing the conflict with his family, he spent much of his childhood in refugee camps in Pakistan, living sometimes ten to a room without basic sanitation or access to education. After he contracted tuberculosis, his first-hand experience of the power of medicine inspired Waheed to dedicate his life to healing others. But how does a boy with nothing hope to become a doctor?

Waheed largely taught himself, from textbooks bought from street-sellers, and learned English from the BBC World Service. Smuggled to the UK at fifteen with just $100 in his pocket, he found a job in a shop. He was advised to set his sights on becoming a taxi driver. But the boy from Kabul had bigger ambitions.

Working through PTSD and anxiety, he studied all hours to achieve his vocation. He was accepted to read medicine at …

Born in war-torn Afghanistan, Waheed Arian's earliest memories are of bombs. Fleeing the conflict with his family, he spent much of his childhood in refugee camps in Pakistan, living sometimes ten to a room without basic sanitation or access to education. After he contracted tuberculosis, his first-hand experience of the power of medicine inspired Waheed to dedicate his life to healing others. But how does a boy with nothing hope to become a doctor?

Waheed largely taught himself, from textbooks bought from street-sellers, and learned English from the BBC World Service. Smuggled to the UK at fifteen with just $100 in his pocket, he found a job in a shop. He was advised to set his sights on becoming a taxi driver. But the boy from Kabul had bigger ambitions.

Working through PTSD and anxiety, he studied all hours to achieve his vocation. He was accepted to read medicine at Cambridge University, Imperial College and Harvard, and went on to become a doctor in the NHS. But he wanted to do more. In 2015 he founded Arian Teleheal, a pioneering global charity that connects doctors in war zones and low-resource countries with their counterparts in the US, UK, Europe and Australia. Together, learning from each other, they save and change lives - the lives of millions of people just like Waheed.

For readers of Educated and War Doctor, this is the extraordinary memoir of a boy who recognized the power of education and dreamed about helping others. It's a tale of courage, ambition and unwavering resilience in the face of all the challenges that life can throw in your way.

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Stephanie Jane recenzis In the Wars de Waheed Arian

A powerful memoir

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In The Wars is a powerful memoir of how one traumatised Afghan boy, seizing upon the chance of a stable life in a country far removed from his home and family, managed to not only make a successful career as an NHS A&E doctor in the UK, but also set up a pioneering charity that now actively helps war zone doctors gain vitally-needed expertise from across the globe. All the time, whilst reading Waheed Arian's gritty story of sacrifice and determination, I couldn't help but bear in mind that this amazing man is exactly the sort of person that UK government policy is increasingly stacked against. As mentioned in the book's synopsis, there are parallels between Arian's single-mindedness and that of Tara Westover, the author of Educated. I was also reminded of Butterfly by Yusra Mardini and American Dreamer by Tim Tran.

I could understand Arian's reluctance to make his …

In The Wars is a powerful memoir of how one traumatised Afghan boy, seizing upon the chance of a stable life in a country far removed from his home and family, managed to not only make a successful career as an NHS A&E doctor in the UK, but also set up a pioneering charity that now actively helps war zone doctors gain vitally-needed expertise from across the globe. All the time, whilst reading Waheed Arian's gritty story of sacrifice and determination, I couldn't help but bear in mind that this amazing man is exactly the sort of person that UK government policy is increasingly stacked against. As mentioned in the book's synopsis, there are parallels between Arian's single-mindedness and that of Tara Westover, the author of Educated. I was also reminded of Butterfly by Yusra Mardini and American Dreamer by Tim Tran.

I could understand Arian's reluctance to make his own life story the hook for his charity, Arian Teleheal, but it is his recounting of episodes in his early life that really did capture my attention. To even begin to imagine how a person could live and remain hopeful through so many years of conflict is difficult, but to witness his parents also raising a family under such circumstances is very moving. Arian speaks eloquently and I am grateful to him for allowing readers these insights into his life and the still ongoing chaos of Afghanistan. That his charity is such a triumph is due, in no small part, to his perseverance and dedication. That he was able to conceive of it, set it up and run it, whilst also working A&E is nothing short of incredible. A truly inspirational memoir!