ISBN |
9781528855440 (CDs) : |
Name |
Al Muderis, Munjed author. |
Title |
Walking free / Munjed Al Muderis with Patrick Weaver ; narrated by Rupert Farley. |
Edition |
Unabridged. |
Published |
[Chatswood, NSW] : Wavesound Pty Ltd, [2019]. |
©2014. |
℗2019. |
Description |
9 CDs (approximately 9 hr., 45 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm. |
Performers |
Narrated by Rupert Farley. |
Summary |
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 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. On 26 August 2000, Munjed was finally freed. Now 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. This is his story. |
Subjects |
Al Muderis, Munjed |
Iraqis -- Australia -- Biography |
Orthopedists -- Australia -- Biography |
Refugees -- Australia -- Biography |
Genre |
Audiobooks |
Autobiographies |
Other Names |
Farley, Rupert narrator. |
Weaver, Patrick author. |
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