Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, MD, MPH, a Palestinian medical doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee Camp is a passionate and eloquent proponent of peace between Palestinians and Israelis. He received his elementary, preparatory and secondary education in the refugee camp schools. He received a scholarship to study medicine in Cairo, Egypt and then a diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of London.

From 1997-2002 completed a residency in OB/Gyn at the Soroka University hospital in Beer Sheva Israel followed by a subspecialty in Fetal medicine in Italy and Belgium; then  a Master in Public health (Health Policy and Management) from the Harvard University.

Before his three daughters were killed in January 2009 during the Israeli incursion into Gaza, Dr. Abuelaish worked as a researcher at the Gertner Institute at the Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv.

The Lady Fatemah Charitable Trust hosted its annual Gala Dinner on 14 May, 2011 at the London Heathrow Marriott Hotel in an effort to raise a target of £200,000 for its various appeals and projects.

The highlights of the Gala Dinner included keynote speaker Lauren Booth; a Press TV broadcaster, human rights activist and journalist who recently embraced Islam.

Keynote Speaker at the LFT Charity Gala Dinner 2009 - Dr. Swee Chui Ang

Dr Swee Chui Ang is a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in Barts and the Royal London Hospitals. She started life as a pro-Israel fundamentalist Christian, and an Arab hater. In 1982, when Israel ruthlessly bombed and destroyed half of Lebanon killing many women and children, as well as civilian men, Dr Ang volunteered to work as surgeon for the British Charity Christian Aid. On her arrival in Lebanon, she discovered that the Lebanese and Palestinians were kind and gentle people, and that they had suffered severe injustice in the hands of the Israelis. She was working in Gaza Hospital in Sabra and Shatilla Palestinian refugee camp, when the massacre took place and thus is a survivor and witness of the Sabra and Shatilla massacre. 

Dr Chui Ang returned to the UK and helped start the organistaion Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). 

In 1988 - 1989, Dr Chui Ang joined the UN and worked in the Gaza Strip during the First Palestinian Intifada. She visited Gaza earlier this year, after the 22 day savage assault on her by Israel.

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Keynote Speaker at the LFT Charity Gala Dinner 2007 - Mr. Rageh Omar

Rageh Omar’s journalistic career began in 1990 as a trainee at The Voice newspaper inBrixton. Shortly after that he decided to pursue a career in freelance journalism covering international news.

In 1992 he went to live in Ethiopia, next door to his homeland of Somalia, which was in the midst of a famine and the US led military intervention which ended in defeat for the US.

Read Rageh Omar's brief biography

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Keynote Speaker at the LFT Charity Gala Dinner 2006 - Mr. Ram Gidoomal

Ram Gidoomal is an entrepreneur, and former UK Group Chief Executive of the Inlaks Group, a multinational business with seven thousand employees. He and his family were forced to leave wealth and prosperous business interests behind them when they came to Britain from East Africa as refugees.

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 In the name of God, The Beneficent, The Merciful

Our distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Salaam Alaykum and Good evening.

"It gives me enormous pleasure to welcome you all here personally to our inaugural charity gala dinner,and I trust that you have enjoyed the evening so far. I know I speak on behalf of all thetrustees and members of The Lady Fatemah Trust, when I say we are all extremely honoured that you have come and supported us here tonight. Not only does it give us an opportunity to meet, but in addition it allows us to illustrate our work, and say thank you for your invaluable contributions, without which our work would not be possible. With so much poverty globally,the task of humanitarian relief is daunting. Working in isolation, each of us can only make tiny advances. But together we can make a lasting difference..."

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