War piles yet more trauma on Lebanon’s exhausted people
Ask a Lebanese person how they are, and you’re likely to be met with a heavy pause or a pained smile. Years of crisis have drained them, and now Israeli…
Aafia’s trauma
FMC CARSWELL is a federal medical centre in Fort Worth, Texas. This conjures up the kindly atmosphere of a hospital where a gentle orderly takes the patient’s temperature. Unfortunately, it…
Mexico’s president-elect Sheinbaum: a ‘tough opponent’ for US?
A landslide election win will embolden Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president, to defend her country’s interests in sometimes-tense relations with the United States dominated by trade, migration and drugs,…
Childhood trauma
SEVERAL people glorify different forms of abusive behaviour by parents to discipline children, despite the existence of non-abusive alternatives that work well. When asked about the long-term consequences of such…
Trauma of Japan’s deflation battle keeps BOJ wary of policy shift
Japan’s bitter memories of its decades-long battle with deflation hang heavily over the central bank’s deliberations to take its first modest step away from ultra-loose monetary policy, even as inflation…
Kashmir: a sea of traumatized humanity
From a tourist’s lens, being born in Kashmir is a blessing to be cherished. To a Kashmiri, however, it equates to a lifelong imprisonment. From the moment a Kashmiri is…
Honduran families traumatized by US-imposed separations
Since being returned to his parents in Honduras, 16-month-old Johan has suffered from stomach problems and sleepwalking. They say the symptoms come from the trauma of being separated from his…
Yaum-e-Qadeer
Every country needs its heroes, and Pakistan is no exception. If they don’t have one, they manufacture one. But that’s part of human nature. One of Pakistan’s heroes was the…
Traumatised world
In early January, as the world waited to see whether the United States’s addiction to carnage and destruction would lead to all-out war with Iran, US congresswoman Ilhan Omar remarked:…
Double trauma
SEXUAL harassment is big in the news these days, with the high-profile case of Ali Zafar, accused by Meesha Shafi of harassment, going as far as the Supreme Court. Karachi…
