アハメドくんの いのちのリレ

by Minoru Kamata, 鎌田 實, 安藤 俊彦 (Illustrator)

砂漠に散った12歳の少年が残した、平和の鍵
イスラエル兵に誤射され殺された12歳のパレスチナの少年アハメド。父イスマイルは、その悲しみを横に置いて、なんとイスラエルの病気の子供を救うため、臓器移植を承諾した。平和への願いを込めて…。

131 pages, Tankobon Hardcover

First published August 1, 2011

Reviews

[Fadoua · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author of this book, Kamata Minoru, is a Japanese doctor. One day he was reading the newspaper in his home in Japan about this story: "The parents of a Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank have donated his organs for use in Israel, in the hope of promoting peace.". The story affected Dr. Kamata so much that he decided to meet the boy's parents. Five years later, Dr. Kamata visited Janine. He wrote this book to tell what happened and how the parents made the decision to donate their boy's organs to the enemy.

This is a heartwarming story, full of humanity. Actually, what made me pick this book, is not the story itself, but rather the fact that a Japanese writer would publish a story on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I was curious to know what kind of look would he give to the conflict. As I expected, it was a very soft, simplistic and unbiased point of view.