{"product_id":"walking-free-9781760110727","title":"Walking Free","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne mans phenomenal tale of escaping a death sentence in Iraq  surviving the Australian Refugee system  and becoming a pioneering surgeon at the forefront of orthopedic medicine In 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. Munjeds choices were starkcomply and breach the medical oath \"do no harm \" refuse and face certain death  or flee. That day  Munjeds life changed forever. He escaped to Indonesia  where he boarded a filthy  overcrowded refugee boat  bound for Australia. Like his fellow passengers  he hoped for a new life  free from fear and oppression  but for 10 months he was incarcerated in what became known as the worst of the refugee camps  Curtin Detention Centre in Western Australia. There he was known only by a number  locked in solitary confinement  and repeatedly told to go back to Iraq. On August 26  2000  Munjed was finally freed. Now  14 years later  he is one of the worlds leading osseointegration surgeons  transforming the lives of amputees with a pioneering technique that allows them to walk again. This is Munjeds extraordinary account of his journey from the brutality of Saddam Husseins Iraq to a new life in Australia and a remarkable career at the forefront of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67920803921973,"sku":"ByrdShop_1760110728","price":345.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781760110727.jpg?v=1794063115","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/walking-free-9781760110727","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}