a career of learning how to strike a balance between a familial life in palestine and a professional one in israel clearly taught izzeldin abuelaish how to write a story that is perfectly divided between personal reflection and historical reportage. abuelaish will go down in history as a life-changing doctor, phenomenal writer, visionary feminist (!!!), and loving father, uncle, husband.

may bessan, mayar, aya, noor, and nadia rest in peace.