Introduction to the Conversation: Global Reverberations of Palestinian Historical Trauma
You are invited to join us for this urgent conversation featuring Dr Samah Jabr, Palestinian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and internationally respected mental health advocate. Dr Jabr will be joined by Dr Gabor Maté—physician, trauma expert, author of The Myth of Normal—and Dr Jennifer Mullan, clinical psychologist and author of Decolonising Therapy.
| As doctors and healthcare workers continue to be targeted, tortured and killed in Gaza, the West Bank, and now Lebanon, the very concept of medical neutrality and the duty to care is being dismantled before our eyes. We are witnessing the massive, deliberate traumatisation of an entire people—a reality cheered, funded, and shielded from accountability by Western governments
This event marks the launch of her new collection of essays, Radiance and Pain in Resilience. Drawing on decades of clinical practice, political analysis, and lived experience under occupation, Dr. Jabr challenges dominant Western paradigms of mental health, offering a decolonial framework rooted in dignity, collective care, and truth. Together, we will reflect on:
In solidarity and commitment to collective healing, |
| June 26, 2026
 10:00 – 11:30 am PDT 1 AM AWST Perth 3 AM AEST Sydney Find the time in your time zone A recording will be available to registered participants only |
