Bushra batool

@abdul_ghaith @NeurosurgeryUab @AUB_Lebanon @LebaUniversity @MayoClinicSOM @HopkinsMedicine @AUBMC_Official @UMBaltimore Amazing journey from Beirut to UAB Neurosurgery! What advice would you give to other young doctors facing similar challenges in their home countries?

August 4, 2020. The Beirut port explosion shattered my city. But the truth is, Lebanon had already been breaking long before that day. The economic collapse, the bankruptcy, the fear, the uncertainty, hospitals struggling to survive, and COVID pushing an already exhausted healthcare system even further, it felt like the ground was disappearing beneath all of us. Like many young physicians, I watched years of sacrifice suddenly lose their meaning. I was told I would need to redo years of training in a reality that no longer felt sustainable. For me, that was one of the most painful realizations of all, understanding that staying might mean watching the dream I had worked for my whole life slowly fade away. So I made the hardest decision of my life. I left Lebanon. I left my home, my city, my mentors, my friends, and the life I had always known. But the hardest part was leaving my family, my mother and father, whose sacrifices built me long before any title ever would, and my siblings, who carried my absence with love, patience, and strength. I left carrying grief, uncertainty, and one stubborn belief: this was not the end of my story. I came to the United States with $300 in my pocket and little more than determination. For nearly a year, I worked without pay, just trying to prove myself. I heard the doubts over and over again: “Stay in research.” “You probably won’t get into a PhD.” “This path is too hard. Forget about it.” “It will take too long.” But I kept going. Because sometimes faith has to speak louder than fear. Eventually, I was accepted into a PhD program at the #1 hospital in the world. Around that same time, one of the most beautiful chapters of my life began, I married the love of my life, just as things finally started becoming stable and my work became funded. They told me the PhD would take seven years. I finished it in three. Along the way, I secured more than four grants from a single project, led two major projects, and kept building when everything around me seemed to say slow down. At Mayo Clinic, I found a higher standard of excellence, discipline, rigor, humility, and a vision of what medicine and science can become when they are guided by purpose- a Neuroscientist. At Johns Hopkins: Research, innovation, and device development. I learned how to think bigger, work harder, and demand more from myself. Those years did not just train me, they transformed me- a biomedical engineer. And over time, the work grew into something I could never have imagined when I first arrived in this country: more than 120 publications and over 130 oral presentations and posters. But even then, something inside me had never changed. I missed the hospital. I missed patients. I missed the operating room. I missed the life I had always imagined for myself in medicine. So I made another difficult decision, to return fully to clinical medicine. That decision brought me to one of the most transformative chapters of my life: the University of Maryland Medical Center and Shock Trauma. There, surgeons, residents, nurses, mentors, and teams who challenged me, believed in me, sharpened me, and reminded me every day why I chose this path. The intensity of trauma, the discipline of surgery, and the privilege of caring for patients brought me back to my center. And through every chapter of this story, I was blessed with mentors who changed my life. People who opened doors for me when I could not yet see a way forward. People who corrected me, guided me, pushed me, and believed in me when the path was uncertain. I am deeply grateful to my mentors and to many others whose support I will carry with me forever. Today, after all of that, I am honored beyond words to share that I have matched as a PGY-2 Neurosurgery resident at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, one of the premier neurosurgical programs, renowned for its extraordinary surgical volume, pioneering innovation, and a legacy of mentorship.

@Ahad_ali121 🤲

@Bushrabatool118 yap right

The best mother in the world 🤍 May Allah always protect you and grant you endless mercy

@Ahad_ali121 Ameen 🤍 mothers are truly priceless

@Bushrabatool118 No matter how much we give back a mother’s love will always be beyond repayment may Allah bless and protect all our mothers.

@AzmatKhanTDP This time never comes again enjoy it By the way is this video from PMA Academy

یا میرے رب اس بندے کو ایسے ہی معذور بنا دے جس کو یہ دن لگ رہا ہے

@AzmatKhanTDP Some people destroy their own homes with their own hands there is no need for anyone else to do it 😂 did I say it right?

بہت صاف ستھرا پنچاب ہے ۔۔۔

@haleemsabir @Hamnaasaghir Quote perfectly describes the tragedy: ruling over ashes while our nation burns. Why no justice for the families who lost loved ones in November?

کارکنان کو بےدردی سے شہید کرنے والے رینجرز کے خلاف کوئی ملٹری کورٹ فیصلہ دے گی یا یہ تحفہ بھی صرف سیویلئز کے لیے ہے؟ ان فوجیوں نے اپنے لوگوں پر #گولی_کیوں_چلائی #NoRightsNoRemittances

@OtherImranKhan Pakistani diplomacy at its finest Proud of the team! In your view, which recent success has been the most impactful for Pakistan's international image?

Pakistani diplomats are some of the best in the business globally. Pakistan's recent diplomatic rise and successes stem from the astute diplomacy of these committed, driven and knowledgeable diplomats. During the recent years preceding 2025, the world was not fully leveraging and appreciating what Pakistan has to offer diplomatically, but that is changing now. Good luck @ForeignOfficePk team for your efforts for the world peace and prosperity.

@Rafterp7 Your roses look beautiful and totally worth celebrating 🌹😄 but tell me honestly are the buñuelos the real secret behind that glow or just a happy side effect?

My roses are coming into bloom! (Yes…I am getting fat! Too many buñuelos at night time 🫢🤫🙄)!🤣🤣🤣

@jaimeemg99 Agreed, elections belong to the People. How can we better remind every citizen that their single vote is part of keeping power with 'We the People'?

It occurs to me that when the Constitution declares in its first three words, "We the People..., it confers a great responsibility to each individual citizen to ensure that the power is retained with the "People". The only power is the power to vote. Elections belong to the "People." It seems that the exercise of this responsibility has greatly diminished over the last 250 years.

@JmHugonie If someone understands, there is so much meaning in it; if not, it will just look like a toy to you.

Joyeux Noël

@JmHugonie @Twystsky so cute! what is his name ?

@Twystsky Très belle soirée à vous …Twiggy se joint à moi…

Avec Cachou nous vous souhaitons une excellente soirée !

@MoradELHATTAB1 @EmmanuelMacron @prefpolice Interesting take! How did you come up with this idea?

PÉDOLAND 🇲🇫 @EmmanuelMacron, HEURE DE VÉRITÉ, de quel côté serez-vous ? Présent pour protéger les enfants ou absent pour protéger leurs bourreaux ? #EPSTEIN : Des PÉDOCRIMINELS de la #DGSI font illégalement des passeports à @prefpolice à des enfants victimes de corruption 😡

@Ain_Seen_ Wow that’s beautifully said such lovely words Did you write this yourself It really feels like you did?

خمسہ بر غزلِ سردار جعفری ۲/۲

خمسہ بر غزلِ سردار جعفری ۱/۲

@RyanMullarkey1 @TheFP Why the sarcasm? Kemi Badenoch stands against Jew hate as a British value, not identity politics. Do you think protecting minorities from violence is only for identitarians?

@TheFP Why is Kemi Badenoch a Jewish identitarian? Oh yes that’s right

Passover reminds us that for Jews, freedom is never guaranteed. It must be fought for in every generation, writes Kemi Badenoch. thefp.com/p/kemi-badenoc…

@RishiSunak Looks like you had fun pushing your limits! 😄 But was it worth the risk just to impress your daughters, or did they enjoy the moment anyway?

Pushed my luck on the slopes this Easter showing off to my daughters. Thankfully there’s no shortage of sport on TV this month!

@theAliHaydor Would the global outrage be this loud if the victims weren't Palestinian? Double standards exposed.

With your eyes closed, imagine this school was in the United States and the girls were white and Christian. How would the United States respond? How would Western media react? International law and our shared humanity must apply to every child, not only to those seen as having “privileged” status.

@ujjaldosanjh I don’t always agree with Arundhati Roy either, but this perspective really makes you think. If this is hard to reject, does it mean we’re ignoring uncomfortable truths about global politics?

I rarely agree with Ms. Roy but this is hard to reject. #India #Iran #USA

@nasirbuttuk We can only watch like spectators and can’t do anything. Is there no system in Pakistan that can help save lives?

حضرت عمر کی مثالیں دینے والو آج دریائے سوات کے کنارے سینکڑوں لوگوں کی موجودگی میں 18 افراد 2 گھنٹے زندگی اور موت کی کشمکش میں مبتلا اپنی ریاست کے وزیر اعلی کو انتظامیہ کو پکارتے رہے ۔لیکن کوئی مدد کے لئے نہیں آیا ۔کیا 15 سال سے خیبرپختونخوا میں یہ تبدیلی آئی ہے؟

@JakeButtLD Trump's explosive Hormuz threat led to a last minute 2 week ceasefire de escalation or just a breather?

Trump is unhinged. They have no plan. The whole 'project' is falling apart. Guaranteed that Vance, Rubio etc are all having serious conversations in the corridors

@_abch_ True loyalty is rare these days Khan deserves better. What do you think will happen with Sohail Afridi now?

کوئی رہ تو نہیں گیا سب ہی کھوٹے سکے نکلیں پنجاب کی قیادت سے لے کر سہیل آفریدی تک بے شمار لعنت