Born at the Gates of Hell
A Doctor's Frontline Story of Delivering Babies in al-Hol Camp in Syria
$43.05
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2026
Summary
A story of violence, murder, and despair in a remote camp surrounded by razor wire—but also of love and life against all odds.
Imagine 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.
An OB-GYN at the center of the Syrian refugee crisis recounts 9 months at the al-Hol camp—a place of violence, murder, and survival.
This book is not about politics. It is about individual human beings in a dry, barren…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781586424268 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1586424262 |
| Author: | Maria Milland |
| Publisher: | Steerforth Press |
| Imprint: | Steerforth Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 142mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
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“One of my goals this year was to expand my worldview by learning more about the world around me outside of my privileged bubble. This book does just that.”
—SHANNON, early reviewer
“At a time when global attention shifts quickly and entire humanitarian crises fade from public consciousness, this work insists that we look directly at lives that are too often forgotten.”
—TOVE, early reviewer
“Challenges us as the readers to realize that just because people have escaped to a refugee camp doesn’t mean the fight is over.”
—MIRIAM, early reviewer
“Please read this book. You will not have a good time, but your understanding about the world we live in, about people, about politics will have a massive shake-up.”
—NENOPE, early reviewer
About The Author
Maria Milland
Maria Milland is a Danish obstetrician and gynecologist who has been deployed 13 times for international organizations to various countries throughout Africa, the Middle- and Far-East, and the Caribbean. In 2022, she was dispatched to Syria where she worked at one of the al-Hol-camp’s hospitals for 9 months. Born at the Gates of Hell is her first book.
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