🗓 Date: February 21, 2025
⏳ Duration: 2 hours
🌎 Languages: Arabic, English, French, and Spanish interpretation available
🕰 Time Zones:
Palestine: 4:00 PM
Sydney: 1:00 AM (February 22)
Jakarta: 9:00 PM
Central Europe (CET): 3:00 PM
Ireland & UK: 2:00 PM
Chile: 11:00 AM
USA (Eastern Time - EST): 9:00 AM
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About the Event
The Doctors Against Genocide (DAG) and the International Consortium of the Palestine Mental Health Networks (pmhn-international.org) invite you to a global symposium as part of the Sick from Genocide campaign. This initiative, launched by Doctors Against Genocide (doctorsagainstgenocide.org) and Health Workers for Palestine (Instagram), addresses the deep emotional, mental, and moral toll of witnessing genocide in real-time.
🌍 A Special Thank You to Our Volunteer Interpreters
The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network and its international partners extend their deepest gratitude to our incredible volunteer interpreters for their outstanding pro bono service in ensuring accessibility for all participants.
Interpretation Provided by:
✅ Tunisia Circle of Interpreters and Translators
🔗 Follow & Support Their Work:
✅ Andrea Jadue – Professional Interpreter based in Chile
💙 Thank you for making this symposium accessible to a global audience!
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💬 What to Expect:
🔹 Mental health professionals sharing their experiences witnessing the live-streamed genocide in Gaza
🔹 The impact on mental health workers, clients, and communities worldwide
🔹 Practical advice on resilience, activism, and healing amid unbearable injustice
🔹 A space for solidarity, reflection, and collective support
🎙 Speakers
🌟 Keynote Speaker:
Yoad Ghanadry Hakim (Palestine)
Clinical psychologist based in Jerusalem, psychotherapist, and mental health activist. She is a founding member of the Palestine-Global Mental Health Network and studies trauma and community recovery under colonial regimes under the supervision of Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian.
🔹 Featured Speakers (Alphabetical by Country):
Sacha Rambout (Australia) – Clinical psychologist, founder of Happy Minds, specializing in child and family therapy, with expertise in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Nelly Marzouka (Chile) – Clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with 40+ years of experience working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
Emi Zulaifah (Indonesia) – Chair of the Center for Islamic Psychology Studies at Universitas Islam Indonesia, editorial team member for multiple international psychology publications.
Karameh Hawash (Palestine/Massachusetts, USA) – Pediatric neurologist at Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, co-founder of Doctors Against Genocide, advocate for justice-driven healthcare.
Zohra Sooliman (South Africa) – Co-founder of Gift of the Givers Foundation and director of GOTG Careline Counseling Service, providing trauma counseling and community support for 28+ years.
Mikaela Lindström (Sweden) – Trauma specialist working with torture survivors and refugees since 2012.
📌 Meeting Organizers (Alphabetical by Country):
Javiera Abufhele (Chile)
Tere Bertucci (Chile/Scotland)
Sadiyya Haffejee (South Africa)
Lama Khouri (Palestine/New York) – Host & Moderator
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This symposium is about more than speaking out—it is about sustaining ourselves and each other as we stand in unwavering solidarity with Palestine.
