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The pioneering Palestinian heart surgeon who shatters stereotypes

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Published: 21 August 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Meet the man who performed Palestine's first-ever artificial heart transplant

The miraculous tale of the West Bank's first university hospital and its 'very Israeli' CEO (Haaretz)
The story of the hospital, like that of its CEO, shatters stereotypes and preconceived notions, in Nablus (Aug 19).

Photo: Professor Saleem Haj-Yahia (Alex Levac)
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