Days of my life

About the Book

My aim is to present some glimpses into my life. What should I say? And should I tell everything that there is to be told? That is impossible, because we all have areas of our lives that we would rather keep to ourselves and not share with anyone else. A human being is a mystery. Therefore, I cannot claim that my writing will be characterized by objectivity. How objective can one be when talking about oneself? I can easily state that the reason for writing my story is to shed some light on my experiences in life: the sweet with the bitter may serve as valuable lessons for the youth. What is more difficult is to admit that writing my story is actually a personal journey to self-discovery. This story can be split into different stages: growing up in Makkah, my education and travels in Egypt, Germany, and America, and finally my struggle up the career ladder. My deep appreciation goes to Mrs. Amal Sebai and Mrs. Mercy Larbi for translating the book into English.

About the Author

Zohair Sebai, MBBCh, DTM, MPH, DrPH, MRCPG, is a professor of Family and Community Medicine. Since the time he graduated from Bernard-Nocht Institute in Germany with a postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in USA with a Master and Dr. in Public Health, Dr. Sebai was occupied by Health Promotion in the Arab World. He was the founder of two medical Schools in Saudi Arabia, the president of the Arab Board for Family and Community Medicine and the president of the Arab Society of School Health and Environment. Dr. Sebai is nationally known as a leader in the field of health education. For 15 years he presented a weekly program on health education in the Saudi Television titled “Medicine and Life”. In the year 2000 he was selected as a Member at Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, MJHUSS. Dr. Sebai has served as member in Shoura Council (consultant council to the King) for 12 years and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Gulf University and WHO & UNICEF Short Term Consultant