A Regional History of Medicine in the Middle East

Izat Musttafah al Ani

Biography

Identity

Izat Musttafah al Ani
Year of birth:
1925
Profession:
Doctor
City of birth:

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  • his father was a religous scholar and one of the chieftains of the district of Ana in Anbar. his brothers were teachers and traders.
  • He completed his elementary and intermediate studies in the district of 'Ana. He completed his secondary education at Adil Secondary School. After that, he entered the Faculty of Engineering but did not complete the first year.
  • Fought against the French occupation forces during the bonbing of Damascus and joined the Syrian gendarmerie and participated with Baath party's youth movement in the Palestine war in 1948, in the Tubas area in Nablus
  • After the assassination attempt on the leader Abdul Karim Qassem in 1959, he colab with Dr. Taha Maala in the preparation of Dr. Tahin to inject tetanus and medicines to treat the injured after the assassination.
  • He traveled to Cliso in the UK with Dr. Kammal alSamurai for Gynecology Certificate.
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