Thursday, January 11, 12:00 PM EDT

Mental Health in Occupied Palestine: A conversation with Dr Samah Jabr

Join us for a virtual chat with Dr. Samah Jabr, as we delve into the crucial topic of mental health in occupied Palestine, sharing insights

By Politics and International Relations (PIR) at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh

CRITIQUE and colleagues from the Univ of Edinburgh School of Health in Social Science invite you to join us for a conversation with Dr. Samah Jabr on mental health in Palestine under occupation. Dr. Jabr is a practicing psychiatrist in the public and private sectors in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. She is currently the Head of the Mental Health Unit in the Palestinian Ministry of Health. In this conversation Dr. Jabr will address questions related to mental health under occupation and how to address them. We will explore a number questions among them ones that are related to trauma- ongoing and intergenerational, and the practice of sumud (steadfastness) as a collective response to challenges that brought by the reality of living under the occupation.

Speakers: Conversation with Dr. Samah Jabr will be facilitated by Dr. Nida Alahmad (PIR) and Rhea Gandhi (psychotherapist and PhD candidate at HiSS)

Please register via Eventbrite for link: Mental Health in Occupied Palestine: A conversation with Dr Samah Jabr Tickets, Thu 11 Jan 2024 at 17:00 | Eventbrite