The Call To Unite- HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah reminded the world that “kindness and support are the most needed” in times of a global pandemic and crisis. Calling for compassion and unity in the ongoing fight of coronavirus.
Millions of people around the world stood together in one common purpose. One of the world’s biggest digital event that connected 200 global leaders, politicians, authors, front line heroes, humanitarian activists, musicians, entertainers, and motivational speakers answered the call to support, empower, and help others who needs it through direct action and giving. The Call To Unite event united 7.59 billion neighbors sharing one message of hope and solidarity to rise and adapt to the challenges of stress and anxiety of Covid-19.
“The world is going through one of the most challenging times ever. Fears are coming up. Life is not the same. At these times we need support more than ever. We need kindness to give kindness,” said HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah. “Our core mission is to always support our 1 million Arab women by empowering them through the use of the therapeutic approach of Drama Therapy. We are adapting to the challenges of technology in supporting our women virtually and empowering them.” The messages were both universal and personal on May 2nd, as the Call to Unite Livestream, a 24-hour event, stretched its global unity of hope and humanity to one another.
President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey were among those who participated in this global digital experience, among HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah, Quincy Jones, Deepak Chopra, Julia Roberts, and Maria Shriver were also participating in the event, being live-streamed at unite.us on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
“Let’s start really connecting with our emotions, acknowledging them, and letting go. Because only then we can have peace. And only when we can have peace, can the world be in peace,” said HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the world has been shaking to an increase in depression and anxiety rates. Sheikha focused her attention more on positive “acts of valor”. Her message inspired people to do more, to connect with themselves, to help each other in times of uncertainties and fears.
Even at social distancing, we are able to find ways to connect virtually with others and ease their anxiety and share their burdens. As Intisar Foundation, our work in the field has shifted to a virtual act of peace online, we will always be in act of supporting and empowering our 1 million Arab women digitally to spread peace in the Arab world through the use of Drama Therapy.
While the pandemic has temporarily affected the lives of many remember that “kindness is an essential powerful tool of public recovery” and that the world is a union of gathered and connected hope of kindness and humanity.
Officially registered as a humanitarian organisation with the Charity Commission for England and Wales in 2019, Intisar Foundation is the first charitable organisation in the Middle East dedicated to providing psychological support programmes of drama therapy to Arab women affected by the brutality of war and violence.
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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
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