To Bear Witness by Kevin M. Cahill M.D

To Bear Witness by Kevin M. Cahill M.D

Author:Kevin M. Cahill, M.D. [Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs, Social Science, Disasters & Disaster Relief
ISBN: 9780823225064
Google: 4Z0VmQEACAAJ
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2005-01-15T04:02:12+00:00


Somalia–1980

Sometimes I feel guilty realizing how much joy and pleasure I found in what, for many, would seem to be the wastelands of the earth. After a hard few months’ work among a large refugee population, my wife joined me for a tour of ten remote camps. One of the symbols for fertility in Somalia is an ostrich egg; here my wife, already the mother of five sons, had just received her fourth egg of the day.

Her warm, infectious smile made it all seem so natural and easy to both her husband and the local general.



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