There are three types of people who don't flee from a war: those in combat, those who can't leave and those who stay to help others. \t <\/p>\n
This is the case of this family from Iraq, who are all Christians. They had visited Rome, but have already returned to their country. He is a doctor and his hands have healed every type of war wound, including those from ISIS terrorists. \t <\/p>\n
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\n'ISIS arrived in 2014. Everyone fled from the Plain of Nineveh, but we decided to stay. I am a doctor and my wife is a teacher, and we stayed to serve our people. ;The most difficult thing is to convince my colleagues to operate on patients from ISIS. They look at them like the enemy, but I try to convince them that this man is a human being. That's why we have to help them, even if the operation lasts two or three hours.' <\/em><\/p>\n
\n 'It's been a little difficult. Instead of cooking for four, I have to cook for 50. We have given up our bed and have gotten mattresses for the others. We must get up early to buy food for all these people. ;They came at night and we felt the need to help them, to feed them and to provide a bed where they can sleep.' <\/em> \t <\/p>\n