Israeli-Arab doctor Suheir Assady (L) examines her dialysis patient in the Nephrology Department at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa on June 25, 2009. Doctor Suheir Assady was recently appointed as the new Head of the Nephrology Department at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel. To date, Assady is the first Israeli Muslim woman directing a large medical department in an Israeli hospital. There are only a few women holding similar positions in the entire Middle East. AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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