Albert Arkhim Gewargis

Brother Doctor Albert Arkhim Gewargis

Publisher Marketing: This is a real life story of courage and despair in proportions that eclipse anything you have ever before read - or even imagined. It's a tale of tragedy and triumph against the most brutal circumstances any human being could begin to conceive. And it's a journey of heroism and horror that rivals that most spectacular myths of legend, because every word of it is true. Doctor Albert Arkhim Gewargis was raised in Iraq as an Assyrian Christian. He completed his medical degree in Germany, where he lived on a year-by-year visa until the heinous bombing of the Israeli Olympic team in Munich, 1972. Forced to leave Germany for no other reason than he was a citizen of Iraq, Albert decided to return to his homeland, despite persecution, and despite the fact that he had the opportunity to live in several other countries of the world. With war looming between the Kurds and the Ba'ath Party of fascist Iraq, this brave and dedicated man of medicine gave up everything to help a people who had touched his heart. Don't read this book because you sympathize with the plight of the Kurdish people. Don't even read this book because you condemn the sadistic tyranny of Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime. Read this book to be inspired by the endurance and determination of one man who was so dedicated to saving lives that he voluntarily faced squalor and starvation, physical and mental agony, and torment and frustration that would have sent a lesser man insane. The first building Albert was assigned to use as a hospital had previously been used as a stable. Two tons of dung had to be dug out, and DDT saturated throughout the complex to rid it of rats, poisonous snakes, scorpions, and malaria carrying mosquitoes, before he could begin to operate. Often he had no food to eat, and no bed to sleep in. He could have left at any time. Indeed Doctor Gewargis had no obligation to be there in the first place. Yet he remained, moved by the haunting sound of a child singing in angelic tones under sedation as his arm was being amputated, dazed by the ninety year old guerilla who shouted encouragement to his men as Albert treated his gaping wounds without anaesthetic, and crushed when he arrived in a remote area of Iraqi Kurdistan to deal with a measles outbreak only to find seventy freshly dug little graves. He was bombed, he was shot at, and he walked for days to help others until his feet were in bleeding shreds. His story begins over a decade in advance of the grim fate that awaited the Kurdish people of Iraq ... the holocaust known as "Bloody Friday" where Saddam Hussein used his devastating weapons of mass destruction on a simple people who wanted nothing more than to defend their right to exist. Contributor Bio:  Santer, Lynn The Magical Scarecrows (tm) were originally conceived by best-selling author and biographer, Lynn Santer, when she was only nine years old. She rewrote the stories for her sister's children over 20 years later, becoming "Auntie Lynn" to Joshua and Lachlan, her two nephews. Early in 2007, purely as a philanthropic gesture to give back to the societies who have so warmly embraced her adult thrillers and biographies, Lynn elected to have her children's stories professionally illustrated, edited and produced to give away to charities. The concept exploded so rapidly it became necessary to open a commercial arm to support the philanthropic side of the operation. "Auntie Lynn's" celebrity friends enthusiastically endorsed the stories, many recording readings of individual chapters for DVD sales. Today the Magical Scarecrows products have expanded to include an ever-increasing range of merchandise and free games to stimulate children's minds at: www.themagicalscarecrows.com. The STARS WITH HEARTS International Celebrity T-Shirt Relay is but the latest in a long line of philanthropic offerings from The Magical Scarecrows (tm) and their Kids Who Read Succeed (tm) program. The Magical Scarecrows "Kids Who Read Succeed" (tm) program has donated books all over the world and was nominated for the 2008 PRIDE OF AUSTRALIA MEDAL as a result. Among the celebrities enthusiastically lending their names to the STARS WITH HEARTS International Celebrity T-Shirt Relay are: Jackie Chan, Priscilla Presley, Hugh Jackman, one of the best-sellers in history - British author Jeffrey Archer, Music Legend Leo Sayer, Barry Crocker, Dr Who girl Katy Manning, iconic star of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" Tippi Hedren, Derryn Hinch, from the legendary soap "Dallas" Charlene Tilton, Shane Warne, Peter Garrett, MP, Australian Idol's Cosima De Vito, and many, many more... including a few "Mystery Guests" we are collecting en route. "The concept of THE STARS WITH HEARTS International Celebrity T-Shirt Relay has been so warmly embraced by so many huge names around the world we fully expect to see T-Shirt Relays becoming a new fundraising tool for many non-profits," said 'Auntie Lynn' whose brainchild this is. "But ours will always be the first."