Front cover image for Walking Free : the Extraordinary True Story of a Young Man Who Fled War-Torn Iraq, Came to Australia As a Refugee by Boat, Spent Months in a Detention Centre and Went on to Become a Pioneering Surgeon

Walking Free : the Extraordinary True Story of a Young Man Who Fled War-Torn Iraq, Came to Australia As a Refugee by Boat, Spent Months in a Detention Centre and Went on to Become a Pioneering Surgeon

One man's phenomenal tale of escaping a death sentence in Iraq, surviving the Australian Refugee system and becoming a pioneering surgeon at the forefront of Orthopaedic medicine
eBook, English, 2014
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2014
Biographies
1 online resource (366 pages)
9781743437254, 1743437250
1039699414
Cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; The first steps; 1. The beginning of the end; 2. The cradle of civilisation; 3. Downtown dreams to bombing in Basra; 4. Defying death in the desert; 5. A degree of medicine; 6. A funeral and a wedding; 7. The journey begins-escaping Iraq; 8. Where in the World?; 9. Prelude in Jakarta; 10. The boat journey from Indonesia; 11. Chicken and ham on Christmas Island; 12. The Curtain comes down; 13. The breakouts; 14. The turning point; 15. The new beginning; 16. Walking tall; Acknowledgements; About the Authors