Arts and minds: Healing post-conflict trauma in the Middle East

A growing body of evidence suggests that engagement of the arts and culture can be effective in improving healthcare outcomes in a wide range of settings: from end-of-life care to psychiatric wards and prisons, to tackling trauma among refugees and in post-conflict contexts. How can we strengthen the evidence-base to build a compelling argument for integrating the arts and culture in tackling the harms caused by conflict, whether physical, mental or social? And what are the specific opportunities and challenges to use these tools in the Middle East?

Join us on July 6, 2022 at 14h00 London time for a panel discussion on the arts and healing post-conflict trauma in the Middle East with Rand Abdul Jabbar (artist), Christopher Bailey (arts and health lead, World Health Organisation) and Dr Venetia Porter (curator, Islamic and contemporary Middle East art, British Museum), moderated by Cléa Daridan (curator, Community Jameel), convened by Community Jameel as part of the 'Culture, conflict and recovery in Asia' programme by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs and Aleph Strategies.