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New Cooperation between Intisar Foundation and Arab Institute for Women by Lebanese American University
Intisar Foundation and the Arab Institute for Women (AiW), the first regional research centre on Arab women by the Lebanese American University (LAU), signed a three-year agreement to organize the largest regional symposium in the Arab world focusing on the topics relating to women, Peace, and mental health.
HH Sheikha Intisar made a donation for the organisation of three annual conferences in 2025, 2026, and 2027, focusing on “Prioritising Women, Peace, and Mental Health within the Arab Region.” These conferences will aim to address the psychological trauma and violence experienced by Arab women through drama therapy
HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah, Founder and Chairwoman of Intisar Foundation, and Dr. Michel E. Mawad, President of LAU, officially signed the memorandum of understanding at LAU Beirut campus in the presence of Myriam Sfeir, Director of the AiW, and Karima Anbar, CEO of Intisar Foundation.
“This cannot be just another conference. It has to be, and will be, different! We will create a powerful platform that not only raises awareness, but also inspires concrete action and drives meaningful change where it matters most for Women, Peace, and Mental Health.” said HH Sheikha Intisar during her speech. “This day marks a significant milestone –the signing of the memorandum of understanding between Intisar Foundation and the Arab Institute for Women at LAU. This partnership demonstrates our shared commitment to address the profound impact of trauma on women’s mental health.”
Dr. Mawad added, “It is a particularly good omen that this generous gift of Trustee Intisar Al-Sabah to AiW comes during our centennial year. It also comes as AiW celebrates its 50th anniversary as the foremost platform for gender equity research, advocacy, and activism in the greater Arab world. A gift of this nature will undoubtedly add momentum to AiW’s trail blazing performance and extra visibility to its work. It will also allow it to go into the new domain of drama therapy.”
“Thanks to this donation, we pledge to prioritize women’s rights, peace, and mental health and most importantly to remain a powerful source of information and a leading voice for activists across the region,” said Sfeir.
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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