Palestine 7pm  |  UK 5pm  |  USA EDT 12 noon  |  USA Pacific 9am

Women, Prison, Sumud

A conversation about Palestinian women and girls surviving imprisonment — their own, and that of their fathers, uncles, husbands, and brothers. They are the luminous centre of community survival and of building the future for their children, as South African women were in an earlier struggle to end apartheid.

PRESENTERS

Mai Masri
Filmmaker

Sahar Francis
Previously Director of Addameer

Dr. Samah Saleh
An-Najah University, Nablus & Visiting Professor, UCLA

Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
University of South Africa, Professor Extraordinarius
Chair in Global Law, Queen Mary University of London

CHAIRS

Victoria Brittain
Journalist and author

Dr. Lama Khouri
Co-founder, Palestine-Global Mental Health Network

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50° ANIVERSARIO  ·  50TH ANNIVERSARY  ·  1976–2026

يوم الأرض

Día de la Tierra Palestina

PALESTINIAN LAND DAY

30 de Marzo  ·  March 30

Sábado 28 de Marzo, 2026  ·  Saturday, March 28, 2026

15:00 hrs Chile

CONVOCAN  ·  CONVENED BY

Red de Salud Mental Internacional

Palestine–Global Mental Health Network

Red de Salud Mental Chile–Palestina

Chile–Palestine Mental Health Network

Psicólogos Chilenos por Palestina  ·  Chilean Psychologists for Palestine

PROGRAMA  ·  PROGRAM

INTRODUCCIÓN  ·  INTRODUCTION

Lama Khouri

Fundadora y Coordinadora  ·  Founder and Coordinator

Red de Salud Mental Internacional  ·  Palestine–Global Mental Health Network

Nelly Marzouka

Fundadora y Coordinadora  ·  Founder and Coordinator

Red de Salud Mental Chile–Palestina  ·  Chile–Palestine Mental Health Network

I  ·  CINE  ·  FILM

Proyección de películas  ·  Film Screening

Aldo Guerrero  ·  Documentalista  ·  Documentary Filmmaker

II  ·  EXPOSICIÓN  ·  PRESENTATION

Fútbol palestino e identidad nacional  ·  Palestinian football and national identity

Nicola Hadwa  ·  Professional Coach  ·  Analista Internacional  ·  International Analyst

Ex-Entrenador, Selección Palestina de Fútbol  ·  Former Coach, Palestinian National Football Team

III  ·  EXPOSICIÓN  ·  PRESENTATION

Cátedra Edward Said en Chile  ·  The Edward Said Chair in Chile

Yamil Harcha  ·  Profesor  ·  Yemil Harcha, a reflection on the geopolitical situation.

CONCLUSIONES Y PROYECCIONES 2026  ·  CONCLUSIONS & PROJECTIONS 2026

Nelly Marzouka

INSCRIPCIÓN  ·  REGISTRATION

About This Seminar

This seminar brings together mental health professionals from Palestine and Spain to share current research on trauma, coping, and resilience under occupation. Presenters will examine students’ psychological experiences at An-Najah National University in the West Bank and explore evolving intervention strategies for children in Gaza navigating ongoing violence. The session highlights evidence-based perspectives and the vital role of supportive contexts in fostering resilience across Palestine.

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Programme

Introduction

Lama Z. Khouri, DPsa, LCSW-R

Co-founder, Palestine-Global Mental Health Network

Presentation 1

Shadi Abualkibash, PhD

Professor, An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine
“Students Under Prolonged Occupation: Trauma and Coping at An-Najah National University – Nablus”

This presentation explores students’ psychological experiences and adaptive coping strategies under continuous threat from an evidence-based professional perspective.

Presentation 2

Mohammad Al-Sharif

Director, Insan Centre for Training and Sustainable Development, Gaza, Palestine
“Childhood in Gaza Between the Hammer of Shock and the Anvil of Resilience: A Reading of Developments and Intervention Mechanisms”

(Presented via recorded video)

This presentation examines the current trauma situation facing children in Gaza and outlines intervention mechanisms that support resilience amid ongoing crisis.

Presentation 3

María-José Lera, PhD

Professor, University of Seville; Network of Mental Health, Spain
“The Role of Supportive Contexts in Fostering Resilience: Perspectives from Spain-Palestine Collaboration”

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Registration

Please register in advance: Registration Link

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We carry on.

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يرجى اتباع الرابط للتسجيل

‏إذا لم يعمل الرابط يرجى مسح الرمز أدناه

The Palestine–Global Mental Health Network & Lebanon–Palestine Mental Health Network invite you to participate in an online dialogue:

Ambiguous Loss / Impossible Mourning: Mental Health Professionals Encounter Suffering—Possibilities for Confrontation

Wednesday, 14 January 2026, at 19:00 Jerusalem, Palestine time

We are honored to host psychotherapists Hussam Kanaaneh and Marie-Adèle Salem, in conversation with Fida Elian, to explore "Ambiguous Loss / Impossible Mourning" as a strategy of oppression—one that transforms the physical and psychological suffering of Palestinians into a tool of domination. Even after martyrdom, the body is wielded as a psychological weapon that fragments family and community.

Through this dialogue, we seek to open space for discussion on mechanisms of psychological sumud and confrontation within our harsh reality, illuminating obscured spaces and strengthening pathways of psychological and social resistance.

We hope you can join us for this critical conversation.
Please follow this link to register. (Registration)
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Event hosted by the UK-Palestine Mental Health Network

4pm – 6pm (UK time)
6pm-8pm (Palestine time)
9am-11am (USA EST)

Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86208116892?pwd=Pz6ne1TazWleakZUVcBPfJaC1DQl3f.1

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At this Cafe Palestine, we reflect on a world that sponsors genocide and indulges a cynical disregard for the ecological disasters that have been unleashed on Gaza and which threaten further mass death, particularly in the global South.

Speakers:
Prof Mazin Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian scientist and author, founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University where he teaches. Over the course of his career he has published well over 150 scientific papers on topics ranging from cultural heritage to biodiversity in addition to several books.
Prof Paul Hoggett is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His research spans social policy, community life, and the emotional dynamics of politics, with notable expertise in the intersection of psychoanalysis, group relations, and social systems. He co-founded the Climate Psychology Alliance and served as its first chair in 2012.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86208116892?pwd=Pz6ne1TazWleakZUVcBPfJaC1DQl3f.1

فعالية تستضيفها الشبكة الفلسطينية -العالميه للصحة النفسية و شبكه شيلي-فلسطين للصحة النفسيه

يُصادف شهر مايو ٢٠٢٥ مرور ٧٧ عامًا على النكبة المستمرة — الكارثة التي بدأت قبل عام ١٩٤٨ ولا تزال متواصلة بلا انقطاع حتى اليوم. يعاني شعبنا في غزة من التجويع والقصف في إبادةٍ جماعية تُبَثّ مباشرةً أمام عالمٍ صامتٍ متواطئ. وفي الوقت ذاته، يواجه أحبّتنا في الضفة الغربية والقدس الشرقية اضطهادًا يوميًا وضمًّا غير قانوني يقابل دومًا بصمتٍ دوليٍّ مستمر

وعلى الرغم من هذا الظلم العميق، نرفض الجمود. فنحن، وقد توحّدنا، نرفع نضالنا الجماعي ونبقى ثابتين في مطالبتنا بالعدالة والكرامة والحرية لكل فلسطيني

انضموا إلينا في وقفة تضامن لتعلو أصواتنا عالياً وواضحاً

سجّلوا هذا التاريخ وانضموا إلينا لنكسر الصمت معًا، وندين الإبادة الجماعية، ونطالب بالعدالة

التاريخ: الخميس ٢٩ مايو ٢٠٢٥

الوقت --لمدة ساعتين

• ٦:٠٠ – ٨:٠٠ مساءً بتوقيت الصيف في فلسطين

--تتوفر ترجمة باللغات العربية الإسبانية والإنجليزية.

رابط التسجيل

اضغط هنا للتسجيل

--إذا لم يعمل الرابط، يُرجى نسخه ولصقه في متصفحك أو مسح رمز الاستجابة السريعة أدناه

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1XVsAoTUQZeQiGEypz95_A

برنامج الفعالية ومحتوياتها

١ عرض فيلم قصير

   - الحرب الإسرائيلية على فلسطين

٢ المتحدثون --بالترتيب الأبجدي لاسم العائلة

   - ياسر أبو جامع --غزة

     المدير العام لبرنامج غزة للصحة النفسية؛ أحد المؤسسين لشبكة فلسطين-العالم للصحة النفسية

   - غابرييلا بوامشا --في المنفى، عائدة إلى بيت جالا

     عضوة في Voces Palastinas إحيائية ومتخصصة في علوم التربة والمشاتل

   - يعاد غنادري -الناصرة

     باحث وطبيب فلسطيني؛ أحد المؤسسين لشبكة فلسطين-العالم للصحة النفسية

   - مازن قمصية --بيت لحم

     أستاذ، ومؤسس ومدير متطوع لمعهد فلسطين للتنوع الحيوي والاستدامة في جامعة بيت لحم

٣ المضيفون

   - لمى خوري --في المنفى، عائدة إلى القدس

     إحدى مؤسسي شبكة فلسطين-العالم للصحة النفسية

   - نيللي مرزوقة --في المنفى، عائدة إلى بيت لحم

     مؤسسة شبكة شيلي-فلسطين للصحة النفسية

سجّلوا التاريخ وانضموا إلينا في كسر الصمت، وإدانة الإبادة الجماعية، والمطالبة بالعدالة

لن نرتاح حتى تتحرر فلسطين.

May 2025 marks 77 years of the ongoing Nakba—a catastrophe that began long before 1948 and continues relentlessly today. Our people in Gaza endure starvation and bombardment, a genocide livestreamed to a world silent in complicity. Meanwhile, our loved ones in the West Bank and East Jerusalem face daily oppression and unlawful annexation, crimes met consistently by international silence.

Yet, despite this profound injustice, we refuse passivity. United, we uplift our collective struggle and remain steadfast in demanding justice, dignity, and freedom for every Palestinian.

Join us in solidarity to ensure these voices are heard loud and clear.

Mark your calendars and join us as we collectively break the silence, condemn genocide, and demand justice.
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Time (Duration: 2 hours):
• 6:00 – 8:00 pm Palestine Summer Time
• 8:00 – 10:00 am Vancouver, Canada
• 11:00 am – 1:00 pm USA Eastern Daylight Time
• 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Chile time
• 4:00 – 6:00 pm Ireland and UK
• 5:00 – 7:00 pm France/Italy
• 11:00 pm – 1:00 am Jakarta, Indonesia
• 1:00 am (May 30) Sydney, Australia

Arabic and Spanish translations available.

Registration Link: Click here to register.
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Event Structure and Highlights:

• Short Film Screening:
  Israel’s War on Palestine
  

• Speakers (listed alphabetically by last name):

  • Yasser Abu Jamei (Gaza)
    Director General, Gaza Community Mental Health Programme; Co-founder, Palestine-Global Mental Health Network.
    

  • Gabriela Buamscha (in exile, returning to Beit Jala)
    Member of Voces Palastinas; Biologist and Soil Scientist specializing in plant nurseries.
    

  • Yoad Ghanadry (Nazareth)
    Palestinian scholar, clinician, and Co-founder of the Palestine-Global Mental Health Network.
    

  • Mazen Qumsieh (Bethlehem)
    Professor, founder, and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University.

Hosts:

• Lama Khouri (in exile, returning to Jerusalem)
  Co-founder, Palestine-Global Mental Health Network

• Nelly Marzouka (in exile, returning to Bethlehem)
  Founder, Chile-Palestine Mental Health Network

Please mark your calendars and join us as we collectively break the silence, condemn genocide, and demand justice.

We will not rest until Palestine is free.