In September 2017 Dr Nasser Kurdy was stabbed in the neck while entering the grounds of his
local mosque. This book tells the story of that attack and how Dr Kurdy came to forgive his
attacker. It lays out the international historical events that brought Dr Kurdy to be in that
place at that time and it follows events after the attack combining his surgical knowledge
with his experience of the UK criminal justice system as well as a series of reflective
enquiries into the nature of forgiveness. The book is the timely and inspiring story of the
optimism that can emerge from violence. It also includes contributions from a number of friends
family and colleagues of Dr Kurdy which illustrate the impact such an attack can have beyond
that on a single individual.
