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International History and Politics Forum
Tuesday
05
December
Doctors

DOCTORS AT WAR: PALESTINE DOCTORS IN 1948

Liat Kozma Associate Professor, Department of Islamic and Middle, Eastern Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the History and Politics Department
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Room S10, Maison de la paix, Geneva

The International History and Politics Department is very happy to welcome Senior Visiting Researcher, LIat Kozma for her talk on Doctors at War.

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DOCTORS AT WAR: PALESTINE DOCTORS IN 1948

 

The outbreak of hostilities in November 1947 created a multi-layered challenge for Palestine's Arab medical community.

The British started withdrawing their budget and resources from public medical facilities, dozens of doctors were forced to leave the country, and war casualties mounted. The war forced those who remained to mobilise medical assistance with limited resources.

Focusing on medical doctors at war offers a lens into the history of the Palestinian middle class, professional unionisation at a time of crisis, bottom-up civilian recruitment, and the post-war fate of this professional community.

 

Picture:

Dr Shukeir in the mobile ophthalmic Clinci in Najd Gaza.

 

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