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Liberation Now Podcast Releases Episodes on Arab/MENA Trauma and Liberation

by hm9@illinois.edu (Amir Maghsoodi) / Feb 4, 2022

EPSY doctoral candidate Amir Maghsoodi (Counseling Psychology) interviewed pioneering Arab/MENA psychologists Dr. Germine "Gigi" Awad, Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating, and Dr. Mona M. Amer, for the latest two episodes of the Liberation Now Podcast.

Maghsoodi spoke with his guests about their paper (published in American Psychologist) on cumulative racial-ethnic trauma among MENA Americans, and its applications to healing and liberation. Liberation Now is produced in the Liberation Lab research group, led by Dr. Helen Neville. The podcast can be accessed by searching for "Liberation Now" on any podcast streaming service and via the following link: https://bit.ly/LiberationNow.

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