{"product_id":"the-cave-a-secret-underground-hospital-and-one-womans-story-of-survival-in-syria-9781426222740","title":"The Cave: A Secret Underground Hospital and One Woman's Story of Survival in Syria","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimply put, there is no one in Syria with a story like Dr. Amani Ballour's. The only woman to have ever run a wartime hospital, she saved her peers from the atrocities of war while contending with the patriarchal conservatism around her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in Assad's Syria, Ballour knew she wanted to be more than a housewife, even as her siblings were married off in their teens. As the revolution unfolded, she volunteered at a local clinic and was thrown into the deep end of emergency medicine. Among the facets of this powerful tale: Becoming a hospital director. Shielding children from a horrific sarin attack. Losing colleagues. Attempting to employ more women. Abandoning the hospital. Becoming a refugee. Moving forward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmani Ballour is a game changer who, like Malala Yousafzai, will be remembered as one of history's great heroines. Growing up in a closely confined society, she dared to dream--first of an education, then of a career--that allowed her to make her mark on the world and protect the country she loves. A passionately committed humanitarian, she is determined that others will escape the horrors she survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Geographic Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781426222740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Amani Ballour, Rania Abouzeid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471149301941,"sku":"9781426222740","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d0637077-c3e5-42f3-b3c6-d1eb2c178360.jpg?v=1704823130","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cave-a-secret-underground-hospital-and-one-womans-story-of-survival-in-syria-9781426222740","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}