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Night in Gaza
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First published January 1, 2014
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May 18, 2015There are some people out there who exude a certain type of authority, a certain type of humanity, so as to make you feel awe just by looking at them. Maybe it's the way they behave and act, or it's because you know something about this person and you know that this person has seen a lot and been through a lot. In any case, you can just tell that this person is an extraordinary one. Mads Gilbert is such a person.
Mads, being a doctor, has travelled several times to Palestine in order to help and assist. He has been actively involved in helping Palestinians since the 1970s. As a result, he is now a persona non grata in Israel.
Mads came to my university some time late in April, 2015, and held a lecture on the Palestine/Israel-conflict. After the lecture, there was a book signing, which I attended. I bought this book, Night in Gaza, which contains pictures taken by Mads as he worked at the Al-Shifa hospital in 2014, chronicling the suffering and terror that the Palestinians endure. He signed it, writing: To Stian, with a wish for a good life. In solidarity. Mads Gilbert.
In the lecture he had mentioned Chomsky and said they were friends, so I sent a mail to Chomsky and asked him about Mads. Chomsky had this to say: "Glad to hear that you met Mads, one of the most remarkable people I know."
And it's true. Mads is a remarkable person. Even in my brief encounter I felt that. I was having what could only be described as a shitty day, hadn't eaten in a long while, and was feeling pretty depressed. When I went up to him, he shook my hand, asked me some questions, and seemed genuinely interested. He signed my book, and I took a step back to let the next person get her book signed. Mads must have seen that I wasn't feeling too great, so when I began walking away to leave, he made sure to shake my hand again, and he looked me in the eyes and smiled and wished me good luck for the future. It's remarkable how this cheered me up.
I have been too busy to read through the whole book, but I will update this when I do. In the meantime, I hope that those who are not familiar with Mads will read some more about him, and possibly get one of his books too. I know that he has published one book which has been translated to English, with a preface by Noam Chomsky: Eyes in Gaza. Read it!
Mads, being a doctor, has travelled several times to Palestine in order to help and assist. He has been actively involved in helping Palestinians since the 1970s. As a result, he is now a persona non grata in Israel.
Mads came to my university some time late in April, 2015, and held a lecture on the Palestine/Israel-conflict. After the lecture, there was a book signing, which I attended. I bought this book, Night in Gaza, which contains pictures taken by Mads as he worked at the Al-Shifa hospital in 2014, chronicling the suffering and terror that the Palestinians endure. He signed it, writing: To Stian, with a wish for a good life. In solidarity. Mads Gilbert.
In the lecture he had mentioned Chomsky and said they were friends, so I sent a mail to Chomsky and asked him about Mads. Chomsky had this to say: "Glad to hear that you met Mads, one of the most remarkable people I know."
And it's true. Mads is a remarkable person. Even in my brief encounter I felt that. I was having what could only be described as a shitty day, hadn't eaten in a long while, and was feeling pretty depressed. When I went up to him, he shook my hand, asked me some questions, and seemed genuinely interested. He signed my book, and I took a step back to let the next person get her book signed. Mads must have seen that I wasn't feeling too great, so when I began walking away to leave, he made sure to shake my hand again, and he looked me in the eyes and smiled and wished me good luck for the future. It's remarkable how this cheered me up.
I have been too busy to read through the whole book, but I will update this when I do. In the meantime, I hope that those who are not familiar with Mads will read some more about him, and possibly get one of his books too. I know that he has published one book which has been translated to English, with a preface by Noam Chomsky: Eyes in Gaza. Read it!
March 24, 2015
هل أقيم الوجع هنا!
الإجازة الصيفية السنة ، كانت أسوء ما يكون.
التوتر على الجسر لفلسطين، الحواجز، حرب غزة، المظاهرات التي كنت أراها في نابلس، التيشرتات السوداء التي ضغطت على عيدنا.
صور وقصص الحرب، الخوف!
ولكن، كان مادس جيلبرت المواسي الوحيد.
كان الوحيد الذي قال لي ، أننا ما زلنا بشرًا!
للأسف جيلبرت لم يسمح له الدخول من الجانبي المصري، وسمح له من الجانب الإسرائيلي!!
وبعض الشخصيات النرويجية قامت بحملات ضده، وأنه أصبح صحفي لا طبيب، ومثلها الكثير. ولكن هل يستوي من يجلس ببيته أمنًا ويغرد على التويتر ، ومن يجلس في مستشفى لا ينام الليل وينقظ الأرواح؟!
هذا الكتاب صادم بالقصص الإنسانية، الأطفال وأحلامهم التي قتلت مع الحرب.
العائلات الكاملة التي ماتت.
شعور الطبيب وهو لا يستطيع إنقاذ الجميع
شعور شخص شهد حربين على غزة، واخرى في صبرا وشاتيلا.
هذا الكتاب فتح جرح ذاكرة الصيف والحرب الأخيرة التي قتلتنا
جميعًا!!
* اتمنى ان يترجم هذا الكتاب للعربية، لا أتفهم عدم ترجمته للآن!!!
الإجازة الصيفية السنة ، كانت أسوء ما يكون.
التوتر على الجسر لفلسطين، الحواجز، حرب غزة، المظاهرات التي كنت أراها في نابلس، التيشرتات السوداء التي ضغطت على عيدنا.
صور وقصص الحرب، الخوف!
ولكن، كان مادس جيلبرت المواسي الوحيد.
كان الوحيد الذي قال لي ، أننا ما زلنا بشرًا!
للأسف جيلبرت لم يسمح له الدخول من الجانبي المصري، وسمح له من الجانب الإسرائيلي!!
وبعض الشخصيات النرويجية قامت بحملات ضده، وأنه أصبح صحفي لا طبيب، ومثلها الكثير. ولكن هل يستوي من يجلس ببيته أمنًا ويغرد على التويتر ، ومن يجلس في مستشفى لا ينام الليل وينقظ الأرواح؟!
هذا الكتاب صادم بالقصص الإنسانية، الأطفال وأحلامهم التي قتلت مع الحرب.
العائلات الكاملة التي ماتت.
شعور الطبيب وهو لا يستطيع إنقاذ الجميع
شعور شخص شهد حربين على غزة، واخرى في صبرا وشاتيلا.
هذا الكتاب فتح جرح ذاكرة الصيف والحرب الأخيرة التي قتلتنا
جميعًا!!
* اتمنى ان يترجم هذا الكتاب للعربية، لا أتفهم عدم ترجمته للآن!!!
December 23, 2023
‘Difficulties make us stronger, and adversity helps us to grow. We’ve got problems in Gaza, but we survive. Mahmoud Darwish, our national poet, said that we Palestinians suffer from a chronic illness of hope. I know what he means. And our people are like a helping hand through war and other struggles. I’m sure that we have a bright future ahead of us. It will take time, but the Palestinian people will triumph.’
June 20, 2024
Natt i Gaza ~ Mads Gilbert
Denne boka skrev Doktor Mads etter sin siste tur til Gaza da han jobbet på Al Shifa sykehuset. Han har etter boka ble skrevet, blitt nektet innreise til Gaza igjen.
Boka skrev han i 2014, men den kunne like gjerne vært skrevet idag. Boka er en skildring i tekst og bilder av hans opplevelser, og spesielt historiene om barna han behandlet fikk tårene til å renne. Han skriver så varmt om sine palestinske kolleger, venner og pasienter, og mens jeg leste satt jeg bare og lurte på hvor mange av dem som fortsatt lever.
Han skriver så ekte, og selv om mye er vondt finnes det også lysglimt.
Uansett, les den! Vi kan ikke se bort!
Denne boka skrev Doktor Mads etter sin siste tur til Gaza da han jobbet på Al Shifa sykehuset. Han har etter boka ble skrevet, blitt nektet innreise til Gaza igjen.
Boka skrev han i 2014, men den kunne like gjerne vært skrevet idag. Boka er en skildring i tekst og bilder av hans opplevelser, og spesielt historiene om barna han behandlet fikk tårene til å renne. Han skriver så varmt om sine palestinske kolleger, venner og pasienter, og mens jeg leste satt jeg bare og lurte på hvor mange av dem som fortsatt lever.
Han skriver så ekte, og selv om mye er vondt finnes det også lysglimt.
Uansett, les den! Vi kan ikke se bort!
January 23, 2024
heartbreaking 😔
November 29, 2024
Well done account of what is going on in Gaza, years before most people learned of Gaza by a Norwegian Physician. The book covers the bombings in 2014.
Heartbreaking to think it is just getting worse.
Heartbreaking to think it is just getting worse.
May 13, 2021
Dr Mada Gilbert, report stories of multiple catastrophes he had witnessed during his work as emergency medicine doctor in Gaza (mainly during the Israeli attack in 2014)...
No words could describe the pain and misery which that the Palestinians are facing until now !!
Shortage of medical supplies, and basic human needs.
Frequent attacks by Israel military, with no respect for the human right,
They occupied their land, closed the borders in the face of medical & nutritional supply, and they are still killing innocent Palestinians.
Israel is a colonization, and the land will return back Palestinians surly, not matter how long it takes.
No words could describe the pain and misery which that the Palestinians are facing until now !!
Shortage of medical supplies, and basic human needs.
Frequent attacks by Israel military, with no respect for the human right,
They occupied their land, closed the borders in the face of medical & nutritional supply, and they are still killing innocent Palestinians.
Israel is a colonization, and the land will return back Palestinians surly, not matter how long it takes.
November 5, 2023
A fraction of atrocities that has been committed against Palestinian by Isr4elis, from dr Mads Gilbert who work for more than 20 years back and forth mostly in Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. The year was 2014 and now 2023 things going way worse, dr Gilbert has seen firsthand the apartheid system, the genocide, the oppression by Isr4elis..the brutal bombing and murder of civilians and children in Gaza. I recommend this book for everyone who feels the slightest neutral feeling for the oppressor. #BeforeOct7
December 25, 2023
Diesen Bericht aus dem Genozid in Gaza im Jahr 2009 während des Genozids, den Israel in Gaza im Jahr 2023 führt, zu lesen ist schmerzhaft. Es ist schmerzhaft, weil man schwarz auf weiß sieht wie sich die Geschichte wiederholt. Exakt so wie es vor 14 Jahren im Gazastreifen zugegangen ist, geht es heute noch schlimmer in täglichen Massakern (nahezu 21.000 Märtyrer zum Zeitpunkt dieser Review) zu. Dr. Mads Gilbert gibt dem Leser einen emotionalen Blick in das Grauen, das vor allem den Kindern, die er ärtzlich behandelt hat, zukam. Mit Bildermaterial (schmerzhaft, aber auszuhalten) stützt er das ganze. Neben dem dokumentierten Leid, sind aber auch an vielen Stellen Hoffnungsschimmer, die Gilbert persönlich auf die Stärke seiner Patienten und des palästinensischen Ärzteteams zurückführt. Das Buch erinnert an ein Tagebuch und gewährt Einblicke sowohl in die humanitäre Notlage, als auch in die Natur der Gazzaner sowie in die Konsequenzen eines Lebens unter Besatzung. Gilbert ist kein Politiker- er ist Arzt. Er schreibt als Arzt und Mensch und das, was er schreibt zeugt von einem tiefen, ehrlichen Gefühl von Menschlich- und Gerechtigkeit. Es ist kein Standardwerk geschrieben von einem Weißen Mann, der basierend auf theoretischem (meist fehlerhaften) Wissen, meint zu wissen, was wirklich passiert und weshalb. Dr. Mads Gilbert hat gesehen, gehört, erlebt und geholfen. Er weiß, wovon er spricht und was er schreibt. Es ist kein geschichtliches Werk, das die Geschichte Palästinas umfasst, aber ein wichtiges Buch, um zu verstehen, was wirklich passiert, um zu sehen und zu realisieren wie viel Leid um uns herum geschieht. Und wie sehr dieses Leid aktueller denn je von offiziellen Institutionen und Staaten runtergespielt, begründet, totgeschwiegen und sogar verschönert wird. Danke, Dr. Gilbert für ihre Menschlichkeit! #freepalestine
February 26, 2017
En hjerteskjærende og sterk bok.
Dr. Mads Gilbert har gjort en fantastisk jobb, og som en stolt Palestiner kommer jeg ikke til å glemme det han har utført og ofret for mitt folk. Tusen takk på vegne av hele Palestina:)
Dr. Mads Gilbert har gjort en fantastisk jobb, og som en stolt Palestiner kommer jeg ikke til å glemme det han har utført og ofret for mitt folk. Tusen takk på vegne av hele Palestina:)
September 13, 2015
The english translation of this book, "Night in Gaza", is published and available. It is more heart-breaking than the first book, Eyes in Gaza, almost unbearably so.
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