The Take: Can Gaza’s children survive its ‘colonial trauma’?
Al Jazeera
Children’s mental wellbeing is being pushed beyond the breaking point as experts warn of huge consequences.
For Gaza’s children, there’s no “post” in post-traumatic stress disorder. The trauma is constant and relentless. Many who have survived have lost parents, limbs or both. These kids aren’t playing or going to school. They’re fighting to survive, scavenging for food amid the rubble. So what future does that trauma leave the children of Palestine with?
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Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat and Amy Walters with Phillip Lanos, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg and our host, Malika Bilal.
Special thanks to our colleagues at Close Up for their original documentary we featured in this episode.
