Reading and Panel Discussion with Dr. Samah Jabr

Join us for a reading and panel discussion with Dr. Samah Jabr, founding member of the Sumud Network for Mental Health, and consultant psychiatrist serving in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. She is a leading researcher on incarceration, historical trauma, and Palestinian resistance. Dr. Samah will be presenting her book, Radiance in Pain and Resilience: the global reverberation of Palestinian historical trauma (Wakefield Press, 2025), which will be available for purchase.

Dr. Samah will be joined by Jeeda Musleh and Eve Wilensky, a local team who lead healing groups for Palestinians that combine communal drumming with EMDR Therapy-based trauma work.

When: Wednesday, December 3 - 7 - 9pm
Where: Wildfires Literary Lounge, 712 B 12th Street, New Westminster V3M 4J6
Access: first floor building, no steps to enter. Gender neutral,
accessible washroom with grab rail. Masking required.

This event is taking place on the unceded and unsurrendered
traditional territory of the Halq'eméylem speaking peoples, the Qayqayt First Nation.