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The Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital conducted a seminar on rehabilitation medicine in Bethlehem in which Donna Langenbahn and Leo Shea represented Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Also attending and presenting were Palestinian, Israeli, Swedish, Chinese and Norwegian delegations. Norway, with the encouragement of Queen Sonja, has been in the van championing the cause of the disabled. Thomas Stanghelle, son of Professor Johan Stanghelle of Sunnaas, has written an opera, "Some Sunny Day", telling the story of Ketil Moe and Mark Wang, both handicapped marathoners. The group from China, part of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, brought with them several visually impaired singers who, along with Mr. Stanghelle, rendered excerpts from his work. Sunnaas hosted tours of Bethlehem and Jerusalem and dinners at the Grotto in Bethlehem and the restaurant at The American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem where we stayed for one night. |
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| Donna and Leo in the lobby of the Jacir Palace International Hotel | Leo and Donna in front of BASR | And facing forward | Dinner at the hotel the night before the conference | Donna presenting: "Neuropsycholgical assessment and rehabilitation" |
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| Still presenting. | Still presenting. | And still... | Leo presenting: "Psychotherapy with individuals with brain injury" | Still presenting. |
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| Still presenting. | And still... | Answering questions after the presentations | Julia | Edmund Shehadeh, Director of BASR |
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| Ofer Keren, MD, Director of Rehabilitation, Alyn Rehabilitation Hospital, Jerusalem | Donna as timekeeper listening attentively | The audience is attentive, too. | Edmund in the corridor at BASR | Einar Magnus Strand, Managing Director, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital |
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| Johann, Kirsti, Edmund, Britt, Einar, and Linda | Donna, Leo, and | Bethlehem Arab Society of Rehabilitation Hospital | On the bus | Dinner at The Grotto |
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| Einar and Donna at Herodium | Donna and Edmund at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. | Relaxing at the Jacir Palace after the conference |
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| Norbert, Zhang Hong (Jennifer), Shi Haifeng, Associate Director, Chinese Rehabilitation Research Center | Britt and Donna | Palestinian girls who danced for us at the Bethlehem Peace Center |
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| Julia, Linda, and Norbert saying goodbye in Jerusalem | Washdi, Einar, Leo, and Elin | Karl Johann, Thomas, and Johann |
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| Donna and Jeries , the BASR psychologist |
