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Al Jazeera
5 days ago
- Business
- Al Jazeera
Life expectancy in Gaza
Compare & Contrast Life expectancy in Gaza We compare life expectancy in Gaza before the war versus after one year of conflict.
Times
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
I found my wife curled around our son — her last act was to shield him
When the doctors at Okhmatdyt children's hospital wake one young patient from his medically induced coma, he will discover he has lost his left eye to Russian shrapnel. He will find his face, lacerated by the shards of a suicide drone, has been stitched back together and he will struggle to eat because of the pain caused by a hole in his tongue. When he reaches out for his mother for comfort he will realise she has been taken from him for ever. Mark Yefimenko, 4, and his mother, Anna, 27, are victims of Russia's biggest drone onslaught since the war began. Launched on Sunday, the day before President Trump's latest call to President Putin, at least 273 Russian long-range drones, mostly Iranian-designed Shaheds, hit
Arab News
11-05-2025
- Health
- Arab News
Jordan hospital treats war casualties from across Middle East
AMMAN: Shahd Tahrawi was wounded in an Israeli strike on Gaza, Hossam Abd Al-Rahman suffered burns in an explosion in Iraq and bombardment in Yemen has left Mohammed Zakaria in need of multiple surgeries. They all met at the charitable Al-Mowasah hospital in the Jordanian capital Amman, which treats some of the many civilians wounded in conflicts across the Middle East. 'I feel sad when I look around me in this place' seeing 'people like me, innocent, simple civilians' whose lives have been blighted by the horrors of war, said Abd Al-Rahman, a 21-year-old Iraqi patient. 'They are victims of war, burned by its fires... but had no part in igniting them,' he told AFP. He is waiting for his ninth operation at the Amman hospital, to treat third-degree burns to his face, neck, abdomen, back and hand he suffered in an accident with unexploded ordnance in his native city of Samarra, north of Baghdad. 'I was a child when I was burned 10 years ago,' he said. 'My life was completely destroyed, and my future was lost. I left school even though my dream was to become a pilot one day.' Abd Al-Rahman, who had 17 surgeries in Iraq before arriving at the hospital in Jordan, said that through 'all these painful operations,' he hopes to 'regain some of my appearance and life as a normal human being.' At Al-Mowasah, also known as the Specialized Hospital for Reconstructive Surgery and run by medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Abd Al-Rahman said he has found comfort in meeting patients from around the region. 'We spend long periods of time here, sometimes many months, and these friendships reduce our loneliness and homesickness.' MSF field communications manager Merel van de Geyn said the hospital has patients 'from conflict zones across the Middle East, from Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Gaza.' 'We provide them with complete treatment free of charge' and cover the cost of flights, food and other expenses, she said. In addition to the medical procedures, the hospital places great importance on psychological support. 'Here, they feel safe,' said van de Geyn. 'They're surrounded by people who have gone through similar experiences... Mutual support truly helps them.' From her room on the hospital's fifth floor, Shahd Tahrawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian, recalled the night of December 9, 2023, when a massive explosion destroyed her family's home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli bombardment killed her father and 11-year-old sister, and left Shahd and her mother wounded. Shahd has had five operations on her left leg, three of them in Jordan. She said that on the night of the strike, she was woken up by the sound of the explosion and the rubble falling on her. 'I started screaming, 'Help me, help me!'... and then I lost conciousness.' Now, she said her dream was to become a doctor and help 'save people's lives, just like the doctors save mine.' The hospital was established in 2006 to treat victims of the sectarian violence that erupted in Iraq in the aftermath of the US-led invasion, but has since expanded its mission. In just under two decades, 8,367 patients from Iraq, Yemen, the Palestinian territories, Sudan, Libya and Syria have undergone a total of 18,323 surgeries for injuries caused by bullets, explosions, bombardment, air strikes and building collapses in conflict. The hospital has 148 beds, three operating theaters, and physiotherapy and psychological support departments. In one room, four Yemeni patients were convalescing. One of them, 16-year-old Mohammed Zakaria, had dreamt of becoming a professional footballer, before his life changed dramatically when an air strike blew up a fuel tanker in Yarim, south of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in 2016. The blast killed six of his relatives and friends, his father, Zakaria Hail, said. 'The war has brought us nothing but destruction,' said the father, sitting next to his son who is unable to speak after recent surgery to his mouth.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Jordan hospital treats war casualties from across Middle East
Shahd Tahrawi was wounded in an Israeli strike on Gaza, Hossam Abd al-Rahman suffered burns in an explosion in Iraq and bombardment in Yemen has left Mohammed Zakaria in need of multiple surgeries. They all met at the charitable Al-Mowasah hospital in the Jordanian capital Amman, which treats some of the many civilians wounded in conflicts across the Middle East. "I feel sad when I look around me in this place" seeing "people like me, innocent, simple civilians" whose lives have been blighted by the horrors of war, said Abd al-Rahman, a 21-year-old Iraqi patient. "They are victims of war, burned by its fires... but had no part in igniting them," he told AFP. He is waiting for his ninth operation at the Amman hospital, to treat third-degree burns to his face, neck, abdomen, back and hand he suffered in an accident with unexploded ordnance in his native city of Samarra, north of Baghdad. "I was a child when I was burned 10 years ago," he said. "My life was completely destroyed, and my future was lost. I left school even though my dream was to become a pilot one day." Abd al-Rahman, who had 17 surgeries in Iraq before arriving at the hospital in Jordan, said that through "all these painful operations", he hopes to "regain some of my appearance and life as a normal human being". At Al-Mowasah, also known as the Specialised Hospital for Reconstructive Surgery and run by medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Abd al-Rahman said he has found comfort in meeting patients from around the region. "We spend long periods of time here, sometimes many months, and these friendships reduce our loneliness and homesickness." - 'They feel safe' - MSF field communications manager Merel van de Geyn said the hospital has patients "from conflict zones across the Middle East, from Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Gaza". "We provide them with complete treatment free of charge" and cover the cost of flights, food and other expenses, she said. In addition to the medical procedures, the hospital places great importance on psychological support. "Here, they feel safe," said van de Geyn. "They're surrounded by people who have gone through similar experiences... Mutual support truly helps them." From her room on the hospital's fifth floor, Shahd Tahrawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian, recalled the night of December 9, 2023, when a massive explosion destroyed her family's home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli bombardment killed her father and 11-year-old sister, and left Shahd and her mother wounded. Shahd has had five operations on her left leg, three of them in Jordan. She said that on the night of the strike, she was woken up by the sound of the explosion and the rubble falling on her. "I started screaming, 'Help me, help me!'... and then I lost conciousness." Now, she said her dream was to become a doctor and help "save people's lives, just like the doctors save mine". - 'Nothing but destruction' - The hospital was established in 2006 to treat victims of the sectarian violence that erupted in Iraq in the aftermath of the US-led invasion, but has since expanded its mission. In just under two decades, 8,367 patients from Iraq, Yemen, the Palestinian territories, Sudan, Libya and Syria have undergone a total of 18,323 surgeries for injuries caused by bullets, explosions, bombardment, air strikes and building collapses in conflict. The hospital has 148 beds, three operating theatres, and physiotherapy and psychological support departments. In one room, four Yemeni patients were convalescing. One of them, 16-year-old Mohammed Zakaria, had dreamt of becoming a professional footballer, before his life changed dramatically when an air strike blew up a fuel tanker in Yarim, south of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in 2016. The blast killed six of his relatives and friends, his father, Zakaria Hail, said. "The war has brought us nothing but destruction," said the father, sitting next to his son who is unable to speak after recent surgery to his mouth. kt/ami/kir/fec
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
BYU-Hawaii students to perform ‘Worldwide Requiem' in 8 languages at Carnegie Hall
Victims and survivors of war and natural disasters are receiving the recognition due Sunday with the premiere of 'Worldwide Requiem ' at New York's Carnegie Hall. Composed and conducted by Brigham Young University Hawaii faculty member Erica Glenn, 'Worldwide Requiem ' is being performed by the BYU-Hawaii Ho 'olokahi Chamber Choir and almost 50 additional voices as part of this year's New Eng land Symphonic Ensemble program presented by MidAmerica Production. Glenn's 25-minute, seven-movement work honors lives lost violently in Japan, the Palestinian territories, the Philippines, Tonga, Ukraine and Hawaii, with choral performances in languages representative of each area. The final movement, sung in Hawaiian and enhanced visually with hula, recalls the fiery destruction of Lahaina in 2023 and offers a vision of beauty rising from the ashes. Glenn started work on 'Worldwide Requiem ' after she was invited to participate in the annual Mid America Production program several years ago. 'I thought how amazing it would be to bring something that uniquely represents the group performing, ' she said recently. 'At the university we have students from over 60 countries around the world. In my choir alone they speak over 20 languages. And I thought there needs to be some sort of composition that honors the resilience of these amazing people from so many different areas of the world, especially in areas of the world that have really only registered as kind of a blip on the Western world's radar.' Several of Glenn's choral students are survivors of natural or man-made disasters. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, she experienced some of their pain. 'I lived in Ukraine for a year and a half in the very areas that were hit hardest by the war. Some of the people I love most in the world live, or lived, in places like Donetsk and Mariupol and Kharkov. And my sweet students were right with me through all of that, supporting me, and we put together a benefit concert for Ukraine.' Glenn's students were also with her when she got the idea of creating a multilingual requiem. 'I took the traditional (Latin ) text that's often used for requiems, and then my students, who are from those regions of the world, assisted me in translating them into the appropriate languages, and we were very specific. For example, the third movement is dedicated to the Tacloban disaster in the Philippines, and we translated it not into Tagalog, but into Waray, which is the language spoken in that area. I actually have a student who survived that event. For Palestine we have Levantine Arabic.' With other movements performed in Japanese, Tongan and Ukrainian, and passages within the movements performed in English and in the traditional Latin, 'Worldwide Requiem ' shares its message in a total of eight languages. 'I wanted to honor those areas of the world and then also present a message of hope, ' Glenn said. 'This is not just dedicated to one area of the world ; it's truly a worldwide requiem and representative of people from many different cultures and places coming together and mourning together and experiencing shared humanity, and then healing each other's wounds in the process of doing that.' Glenn hopes it will be possible to stage a hana hou production of 'Worldwide Requiem ' in Hawaii.
