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Empowerment belongs to Arab women. Peace belongs to the Arab world.
Our founder HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah, a philanthropist, entrepreneur, author, film producer, and columnist, is committed to philanthropic excellence with respect to her vision of fostering Peace in the Arab world and beyond.
Intisar Foundation has developed and introduced an innovative approach to the field of Peacebuilding that uses drama therapy as a means to enable the psychological recovery and self-empowerment of Arab women traumatised by war and violence.
HH Sheikha Intisar is a firm believer that empowering Arab women has the potential to transform them into the Arab world’s most impactful Peacemakers – a goal that should be pursued in all other regions of the world.
In addition to helping Arab women overcome often impenetrable cultural, social, and language barriers that prevent them from getting psychological care services, Intisar Foundation also points out a growing need for culturally competent, neuroscience-based, and socially impactful psychological support programmes across the Arab world and beyond.
HH Sheikha Intisar insists that her philanthropic capital must be used effectively and for maximum impact in order to bring about systemic sustainable change for Arab women.
We are committed to meticulously documenting and analysing our work in order to ensure that it continues delivering measurable and evidence-based results, and to help offset a lack of research in the field of drama therapy and mental health in the Arab world.
We are also committed to supporting the education of future Arab drama therapists.
All our work is directed towards achieving our One Million Arab Women initiative, a 30-year plan to alleviate psychological trauma in one million Arab women affected by the brutality of war and violence through the use of drama therapy.
It is HH Sheikha Intisar’s hope that the inner Peace ignited in these women shall flow forth to reach and affect all of humanity.
“I felt like something was cleansing me from within, I hurt a lot, I cried a lot, but I also grew a lot with the use of Drama Therapy ”
Manal, One of our One Million Arab Women
Jordan
“My personality became stronger, more resilient and the world is not always a sad place”
Noura, One of our One Million Arab Women
Lebanon
“I am stronger; I want to do what I love to do. I told my husband about what we do in the sessions without fear. My choices are in my control, no one can block my aspirations”
Farida, One of our One Million Arab Women
Jordan
“I used to be so angry all of the time when my daughter would ask me for a glass of water I would slap her. After joining the Drama Therapy sessions, I realize she is just thirsty”
Arwa, One of our One Million Arab Women
Lebanon
Intisar Foundation annually provides 15 scholarships for a master’s degree in drama therapy for Arabic-speaking women holding a bachelor’s degree in psychology or theater.
Tools and techniques of drama therapy
Reducing anxiety and depression among women affected by war
Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals
In-house research and development
For more than a month, we are witnessing how international humanitarian law fails to protect Palestinian mothers and children.
Day after day, we have been lamenting and denouncing new acts of violence that brought injustice and the bemoaning loss of innocent lives in Gaza.
And yet, Palestinians in Gaza still face new perils with every next hour.
In writing this letter to the world as a demand for action to end this suffering, I join millions of others who have condemned the continued Israeli aggression and call for an immediate ceasefire.
We at Intisar Foundation also invite you to join us in working on preventing this trauma to linger and gnaw through another generation of Palestinians, and Arabs in general.
The mission of Intisar Foundation is to bring Peace to the Arab world through the psychological recovery of Arab women traumatised by war and violence, which can result in the women stopping the continued cycle of violence inflicted on or by them.
In this way, our work helps Arab homes traumatised by violence become more Peaceful again.
The ripple effect of this outcome can be that Peace flowcharts from one Arab home to another, from one Arab community to another, reaching and affecting our whole region.
In its very essence, therefore, Intisar Foundation’s work has always been about breaking the chains of trans-generational trauma.
While I salute people around the world confronting this injustice – from the world’s best universities, influencers, civil society activists and organisations, to ordinary people taking to streets and social media to raise their voices for Peace – I am now certain that we will not resolve the Palestinian crisis only with ceasefires, humanitarian aid, or rebuilding their homes and neighbourhoods.
We need to recover and protect the souls of current and future generations of Palestinians, and all Arabs, from this trauma.
To that end, Intisar Foundation is committed to turning this terrible man-made tragedy into a healing woman-led victory for Palestine, for humanity!
Intisar AlSabah