This is reflected in her poetry, which has risen to a spiritual and sensual dialectic chasing the shadows and details of life. Thus, her personality was affected and formed by a number of poets, scholars, and ascetics, who imbued her with eloquent language and progressive knowledge. She is a descendant of the 'Abu Risha' family, which is renowned for knowledge, literature, Sufism, and religiosity. Ten poetry collections have been published by Zulaikha, in which she has broken many taboos that were specially designed for women, to forbid them to say anything other than what traditional societies expect from them. During her various roles in education and journalism, she worked to get rid of written materials in the Arabic language that condemn and insult women. She published two studies on gender and language, which were ranked as two of the first publications in this field in Arabic. In parallel, her feminist intellectual battle was transferred to the Arabic language arena, where she wrote and demanded a non-sexist language that recognises the feminine expressions within the language, in job titles, sites, official documents and in speech. Zulaikha Abu Risha has devoted a lot of her written and cultural efforts for the values of democracy, civil society, dialogue, coexistence, acceptance of others and public freedoms to counteract extremist religious ideological systems and those modelled on reactionary ideas and values, especially those that bear a slogan of penance and treason, and those that hide behind traditions and identity. She devotes her writings and efforts to advocate for women’s rights and to counter Islamist ideology in all its forms in the contemporary Islamic movements, which has put her in danger since 1981. Zulaikha Abu Risha is a Jordanian poet, writer, researcher, and columnist. He was one of three finalists for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.ĭr Abuelaish has also been named one of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants one of the 500 Most Powerful Arabs and one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategies Centre in Jordan for five consecutive years. Currently Dr Abuelaish lives in Toronto where he is an associate professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr Abuelaish’s extensive list of awards and honors include countless national and international awards including 14 honorary doctorate degrees, The Order of Ontario, the Meritorious Service Cross, and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Governor General’s Medallion, the World Citizenship in Action Award, presented by the Canadian Branch of the Registry the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award of Canada the Foundation P&V Citizenship Award the Calgary Peace Prize the Lombardy Region Peace Prize, the Stavros Niarchos Prize for Survivorship. Dr Abuelaish’s book, I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity, which was published into 23 languages and national and international best seller, is an autobiography of his transformation, inspired by the loss of his three daughters – Bessan, Mayar, and Aya – and their cousin Noor to Israeli shelling on 16 January 2009.ĭr Abuelaish has been nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize, and he is fondly known as Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Ghandi and the 'Martin Luther King of the Middle East', having dedicated his life to using health as a vehicle for peace. Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Palestinian Canadian physician and an internationally recognized human rights and inspirational peace activist, through both his research and his charitable organisation The Daughters for Life Foundation. In addition, the stunning coastline, which is Abruzzo's 'hidden treasure', may be the best retreat away from the crowds that are besieging Bari's beaches right now. A holiday in Abruzzo is a great adventure for a family who likes to spend time actively - because more than a third of the region is occupied by a national park, we can be sure that the encounters with wildlife will be amazing for sure. yes, Abruzzo, although little known, is certainly a real jewel of Italy. Mighty mountain peaks reaching almost 3000 meters above sea level, vast valleys and towns and villages "squeezed" into them, where life has its own rhythm for hundreds of years. It may not be as famous as its northern neighbor - the province of Marche, but perhaps due to the fact that it has never been on the main tourist route, it still remains one of the more virgin corners of this part of Europe. Picturesque and still rarely visited Abruzzo is one of the most beautiful and worth visiting corners of the Apennine Peninsula.
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