{"product_id":"born-at-the-gates-of-hell-a-doctors-frontline-story-of-delivering-babies-in-al-hol-camp-in-syria-paperback","title":"Born at the Gates of Hell: A Doctor's Frontline Story of Delivering Babies in Al-Hol Camp in Syria - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Milland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn OB-GYN at the center of the Syrian refugee crisis recounts 9 grueling months at the al-Hol refugee camp--a place of violence and murder, love and survival \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImagine what it's like to be pregnant and give birth--or to try to care for and protect a family in the middle of hopelessness? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is not about politics. It is about individual human beings in a dry, barren landscape. Up to 75,000 people at a time--mostly women, babies, and children--live for years in tents and have no prospect of leaving because no country will have them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaria Milland takes readers on a powerful, documentary journey to meet the pregnant and laboring women facing the difficult, harsh, and violent living conditions of al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. Her firsthand account provides vivid, unique, and honest insight into life inside the camp, which has never before been described to the outside world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmidst the brutal everyday realities of the camp, the maternity ward is a safe space, where health problems, as well as existential challenges, are displayed and embraced--and children are born. Behind towering fences, sprawling in the desert's nothingness, they spend their childhood deprived of fundamental human rights, and with the looming risk of growing into a new generation of Islamic fundamentalists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully written and carefully observed, this is not only a story of resilience and hope in the face of hopelessness, but also serves as a powerful reminder of our shared humanity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Milland \u003c\/b\u003eis a Danish obstetrician and gynecologist who has been deployed 11 times for international organizations to various countries throughout Africa, the Middle- and Far-East, and teh Caribbean. In 2022, she was dispatched to Syria where she worked at one of the al-Hol-camp's hospitals for 9 months. \u003ci\u003eBorn at the Gates of Hell \u003c\/i\u003eis her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.44 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756910436685,"sku":"9781586424268","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/ToDnDv0n9781586424268.webp?v=1776754842","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/born-at-the-gates-of-hell-a-doctors-frontline-story-of-delivering-babies-in-al-hol-camp-in-syria-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}