Fatima Al Mahmoud fellowship work

Fatima is a social media journalist at The National and was a mental health journalism fellow from 2022-2023. She contributed reporting and commentary on conflict and trauma

A displaced Palestinian in central Gaza looks out to sea at dawn on Thursday following news of the ceasefire deal. AFP

Truce or no truce? Two years of uncertainty leave Gazans too traumatised to hope

MENAOctober 09, 2025

The damage from Israeli strikes in Beirut has been documented extensively in mobile phone footage. Reuters

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A harrowing night watching my home Lebanon under fire from my phone

CommentNovember 27, 2024

A billboard that reads in Arabic 'Enough, we are tired, Lebanon does not want war' in Beirut. EPA

Israeli sonic booms and fears of wider war take mental toll on Lebanese

MENAAugust 14, 2024

Smoke rises after a shelling in Um El-Tot, a Lebanese village on the border with Israel, on Thursday. AP

Lebanese expatriates worry about their families amid border tension

Israel-Gaza warOctober 20, 2023

Dr Vedrana Mladina, clinical psychologist and associate director of counselling at New York University Abu Dhabi. Photo: Dr Mladina

Meet the women pushing for mental health reforms in Abu Dhabi

UAEMarch 08, 2023

A statue called 'Life from Rubble' created by artist Hayat Al Nazer is displayed in front of a destroyed building at Beirut port on the anniversary of the explosion. Picture Alliance via Getty Images

No closure for Beirut blast trauma survivors without justice

MENAAugust 05, 2021