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Reflections Doctor in emergency department Reflections

“I try to put God at the centre of my life”: says Australian emergency medicine physician who recently volunteered in Gaza

“I sought God’s blessing and dealt with the ‘What if?’ scenarios through prayer. I knew that I needed to accept that death was very possible in Gaza. I wrote my will, cleaned my rented unit and gave a friend my car keys before I left — just in case. Because I wasn’t scared of death, I think I was more effective and focussed on my work in Gaza,” says British-Australian emergency medicine physician Mohammed Mustafa

"It's important to speak and write about Palestine as a Palestinian. I am proud of my heritage and of the strength, faithfulness and resilience of my people — the Palestinians," Randa (Randa is pictured with her large Palestinian family and friends in Jerusalem in 1944 before the Nakba)
People & History

Palestine: A land with a people

“Out of God’s sovereignty I believe that good will come out of all this. God knows what is going on and he will bring about a just peace and something good, even if we as human beings can’t see it yet; and, even though Palestinians have been waiting for a very long time,” says Anglican Palestinian Randa

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Books & Guides

Yet in the Dark Streets Shining

“The book’s evangelical authors write for an evangelical audience, including those in the US where a Christian Zionist ideology often holds sway. They also wish to share their story to a wider audience and in this they have succeeded. The story is one that will appeal to all streams within the Church,” says Helen Rainger from the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network