Walking Free : The extraordinary true story of a young man who fled war-torn Iraq, came to Australia as a refugee by boat, spent months in a detention centre and went on to become a pioneering surgeon. Abacus But the moral boundaries he

But the moral boundaries he will cross with his new friends - and the deaths they are responsible for - will change all of their lives forever

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Illustrations by Olimpia Zagnoli

this anthology contains stories from sixteen Asian and South Asian authors

Walking Free : The extraordinary true story of a young man who fled war-torn Iraq, came to Australia as a refugee by boat, spent months in a detention centre and went on to become a pioneering surgeon. Abacus But the moral boundaries heIn 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of Military Police marched into the operating theater and ordered the surgical team to mutilate the ears of three busloads of army deserters. When the head of surgery refused, he was executed in front of his staff. Munjed's choices were starkcomply and breach the medical oath "do no harm," refuse and face certain death, or flee. That day, Munjed's life changed