I Shall Not Hate Themes

Creating peace and love in a violent, prejudiced and coercive environment takes a courageous and loving mind in order to separate themselves from the hostility and exclusion that seems to be constantly present throughout the individual's life. In the memoir I Shall Not Hate, author and doctor, Izzeldin Abuelaish expresses the difficulties and constant hardships of not only living, but being born and raised in the Gaza Strip, his ability to remain in his unburden mindset regardless of a severe catastrophe that lead to loss of his children, and his deep desire to resolve these ongoing issues of extreme exclusion, although he was a victim of these exclusions daily, he always desired for a more loving and virtuous way of life, and conclusively, today was able to overcome them.
Against all odds was Izzeldin able to form himself into a compassionate, empathetic, and impartial individual with only but good intent.

Izzeldins origin is not a pretty one, and unfortunately, he was not given the blessings that almost all of us take for granted every single day, simple necessities such as food, shelter, heat etc, as well as institutions like school,which played a very important role in assisting us in our road towards success, Izzeldin was born in a refugee camp called Jabalia Camp and grew up as a refugee. He was initially put in a system where he was already excluded from being able to have a good life, this already was a setback for Izzeldin, but he proved that this was one of