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Gaza Mental Health Conference, October, 2008

Conference Statement
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CONFERENCE PAPERS (ARABIC)


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DOCUMENTS
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WEB RESOURCES


PHOTOS


VIDEO AUDIO


CONFERENCE IN THE MEDIA
 

CONFERENCE PAPERS (ENGLISH)

Hamza M. A. Abdeljawad & Jasem M. S. Humeid
Nutritional Status of Palestinian Children Under Five (6–59 months) in Three Governorates of the Gaza Strip: A Rapid Assessment Study

Ahmed Abu-Tawahina
Besieging Hatred

Saida Affouneh
Listening to the Girls of Qortoba School

pdf version
(video coming)

Federico Allodi
Gaza in the History of Sieges: Mental Health and Behavioral Implications

Mohamed Altawil
What are the Possible Reasons for Different Reactions to Chronic Trauma in Gaza Strip?
powerpoint English
powerpoint Arabic

Majdi Ashour
Health in the Gaza Strip: Siege, Fire, and Internal Division

powerpoint version

Victoria Brittain
Besieged in Britain

Lotte Buch
Beyond Care – Reading the Qur’an as Religious Practices of Care and (self-) control in Palestinian families of Political Prisoners and Martyrs

Patricia Campbell
Not even the little birds are free in Palestine

Judith Deutsch
Psychoanalytic Thoughts on Israel and the Siege of Gaza: The Exploitation of Children
powerpoint version

Elsa First
Listening to Children Under Siege

Dennis Fox
Palestinians Under Siege:
A Critical Psychology Perspective on Mental Health and Justice

Maneesh Gupta, Patricia Campbell, Elizabeth Schumacher
Mental health symptoms-post conflict: a case series from West Belfast, Northern Ireland

Uri Hadar
The siege without and the Siege within: An Israeli perspective

Ursula Hauser
From violence to hope: Psychodrama in the context of war and post-war experience

Enas Jouda
Psychodrama in Gaza

Marga Kapka, Hendrik Taatgen
Culture, Democracy and Civil Society: Siege and Obstruction to the Right of an Education

Maria-Jose Lera
Analysis of Violence in Palestine as an Example of Bullying Behaviour
powerpoint

Nancy Murray
From Gaza to Guantanamo: Building a New Movement for Human Rights

Ann-Charlotte Nilsson
Children Under Siege

Michel Okitapoy On’okoko
The United Nations Detention Facilities (UNDF), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) - Arusha, Tanzania

Mark van Ommeren
Mental and social health during and after acute emergencies: emerging consensus?
powerpoint version

Eleanor Roffman
Learning from the past to build for the future:  Reflections on psychosocial support programs in war-torn countries

Samir Qouta
Study on the Relation-ship Between the Siege , the quality of life and psychological conditions in Gaza (powerpoint)

Alice Rothchild
Statement

Henry Siegman
The Two-State Solution's Last Chance

Bill Slaughter
Grieving the Catastrophe:
Acknowledging and healing America's Shadow in Palestine

Derek Summerfield
video: Medical Ethics in Conflict Zones / The Doctor as Doctor and the Doctor as Citizen

A. Thabet, A. Abu Tawahina, E. El Sarraj, L. Punamaki, P. Vostanis
Trauma, PTSD, Mental Health, and Resilience as mediator factor in Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip
powerpoint version

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS (ARABIC)

Fadel Abu Hein
Siege and Mental Health, Siege Stress, Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Palestinian Children and their Parents Living under Siege: "Gaza Experience"
تأثير الحصار على الصحة النفسية للفلسطينيين

Mohamed Altawil
What are the Possible Reasons for Different Reactions to Chronic Trauma in Gaza Strip?
ما هي الأسباب الممكنة التي تساهم في اختلاف ردود الأفعال والاستجابات لدى الأطفال الفلسطينيين الذين يتعرضون لصدمات نفسية مزمنة أثناء انتفاضة الأقصى

Abdel Nasser Awni Ferwana
The Impact of Siege and Blockade on Palestinian Detainees and their Families, in particular, the Gaza Detainees
تأثيرات الحصار والحواجز على المعتقلين الفلسطينيين وذويهم ، لا سيما معتقلي قطاع غزة

Abd El-Fattah Al-Hams
Mental and Spiritual Mechanisms in Confronting Siege Crisis
الديناميات النفسية الروحية لمواجهة أزمة الحصار

Mohammad El Helou, Ibrahim Younis, Ramadan El Helou
Study on the Impact of Siege on Quality of Life among the Diabetes Patients
دراسة تتبعية لمعرفة أثر الحصار علي جودة الحياة لمرضي السكر بغزة

Naim Kabaga and Bassem Koraz
Psychological and Social Adjustment among Deaf Children under Siege
تقدير مدى التوافق لدى الأطفال الصم في ظل الحصار من وجهة نظر المعلمين

Mazen Salah El Ejla
The Future of Development under Siege
مستقبل التنمية في ظل الحصار

Emad Nasrallah
The impact of the Israeli siege on the cultural situation in Gaza provinces
أثر الحصار على الوضع الثقافي في محافظات غزة

Mohsen Abu Ramadan
The Role of Civil Society in the Maintenance of Community Cohesion
دور المنظمات الأهلية في الحفاظ على وحدة نسيج المجتمع

 

OTHER PAPERS

Mohamed Altawil
No Space to be a Child

Victoria Brittain
From Goma to Gaza, Mr Miliband
(Guardian)

Paul Timperley
Letter, The Independent

Conference Statement in Italian

"Despite being the victim of a Siege, the conference on Siege and Mental Health took place" (in Italian)

Charles de Nisnas
Annapolis, un an Apres

DOCUMENTS
& RESOURCES

Jennifer Loewenstein
Hamas Leadership: Useful Quotes

Jennifer Loewenstein
Setting the Record Straight on Hamas

Michel Collon
(Hamas quotes, French)

Maria Jose Lera
quotations of indirect recognition of Israel by Hamas

Jennifer Loewenstein
Hamas in Formaldehyde,
or How to Preserve the Status Quo

AIC
The Case for Academic Boycott Against Israel

Maria-Jose Lera
Questionaire about Palestine-Israel, for university students (download .doc)

OCHA
Report on Gaza Humanitarian Situation, 4 Jan, 09

Save the Children Fact Sheet, 8 Jan 2009

WEB RESOURCES

Links to Palestine sites of all types www.palestine.org.il

International
OCHA
UN
-- Palestine
UN
-- Human Rights Agreements
UN MAPS
UN
-- Question of Palestine
UNICEF
UNRWA 
(general Palestine)
UNRWA 
(Gaza refugees)
Boycott IMA
Human Rights Watch
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Free Gaza
 (boats)
Global Exchange
Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights
If Americans Knew
Derechos
Mandela Institute

Amnesty International (Palestine search)
 ● Amnesty International
(Gaza search)

Palestinian
Al-Haq
Al-Mezan
Adalah
Addameer
(Prisoners' support)
Gaza Community Mental Health Program
Gaza Mental Health Foundation

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Palestinian Human Rights Organization
Palestinian Human Rights
Palestine Human Rights Campaign
Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
-- pdf fiiles of journal, Monitor
Palestinian Medical Relief Society
Palestine Trauma Centre for Victims' Welfare
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights

Israeli
Association for Civil Rights in Israel
B'Tselem
Bat Shalom
Gush Shalom
[or, critical view]
Hamoked
Ittijah
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Lav LaOved
Machsom Watch
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
Rabbis for Human Rights

News
Israeli blockade 'forces Palestinians to search rubbish dumps for food'
The Observer, 21 Dec 2008

 

PHOTOS

Selection of photos of Erez protest, Oct 26 '08

Or view by source:
ActiveStills Photos
chameleonseye.com
Dennis Fox
Nancy Murray
T Suarez (Erez)
T Suarez (Conference)
from News media
Marie-Pierre Maystre
others

Demonstrations against the Israeli attacks on Gaza, December-January 7, 2008-09

Demonstratons [cont'd], January 8 onward

Photographic documentation of the Gaza Massacre (Dec 28, 2008 - Jan, 2009)

Gaza, photos Alberto Arce

Gaza, Jan 12 '09

Gaza, photos from rafahtoday.org

Gaza, attack on UNRWA school, Beit Lahia

Gallery of photos of Gaza's child victims

VIDEO & AUDIO
Metacafe Video*
Archived .flv file of same video (in case original removed)

Derek Summerfield
video: Medical Ethics in Conflict Zones / The Doctor as Doctor and the Doctor as Citizen

Sonja Karkar
Gaza in Crisis

Geneva demo against the Israeli invasion of Gaza, 29 Dec 08
Nathan Finkelstein

Nancy Murray
interview, WTKK, Boston

video from Gaza
Jan 1 2009

video from Gaza
Jan 12 2009

Conference in the NEWS
AFP
Al Arabiya
AlertNet
Al-Kassam
Alternative Information Ctr
The Chronicle
The Daily Star
Earth Times*
Enews
Free Gaza
Gush Shalom
IMEU
Int'l Herald Tribune
Int'l Solidarity Movement
IRIN
IMEMC
Jerusalem Post
[1]
Jerusalem Post
[2]
Khaleej Times
Ma'an
Middle East Times
Monsters & Critics*
My Wire
Nasdaq
Occupation Magazine
[1]
Occupation Magazine
[2]
Pal. Cnt Human Rights
Palestine News Network
PR Inside
Radio Netherlands
Relief Web
SiloBreaker
Tehran Times
The Star
Trend News
Yahoo News
Xinhua News

 

 

 

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