Dr Yasser Abu Jamei: Mental health in Gaza
Dr Yasser Abu Jamei: Mental health in Gaza  
Podcast: HARDtalk
Published On: Wed Feb 26 2020
Description: HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Dr Yasser Abu Jamei, director of Gaza’s biggest mental health program. The past few days have seen rising tension in Gaza – Islamist militants fired rockets into Israel; the Israelis responded with air strikes aimed at the Islamic Jihad group. Hardly unusual and certainly not the stuff of international headlines but that in itself is telling. In Gaza conflict is the norm, so too an economic blockade that has long choked the economy. What happens to a people living with trauma and collective despair?