OCTOBER 2018, ISSUE 02
mental health
Discussions on mental health remain deeply stigmatized in the MENA region. In an effort to create a safe spaces that enables open and honest discussions about the brutal realities of mental illness, Unootha presents its second issue.
CONTENTS
Poetry
make me a martyr anonymous
Lost Rahma Waleed
Cloaks and Impurities Hawra’a Khalfan
Power Fajer Taqi
I Wish Peace Shamma Alnaqbi
forget the words Rawa Majdi
Orange Blossom Zuhoor Al Sayegh
Air to Breathe. Fatima Falath
Fiction
Breakfast in July Esraa Husain
Ten Letters Halima Zaghbib
Life
Stigma Against Mental Illnesses in the Middle East Shaikha
A Letter from Cancer Anonymous
Stop Romanticizing… Kamélia Bourahla
My Fake Reality: Experiencing Depersonalization Anonymous
Not A Dream but Something Close To It Shams A.
Reassessing Relationships with Our Mothers Nouf AlJahdami
Recovery Shayma
Identity Abrar
The Life-changing Act of Being Present Nouf AlJahdami
A Disclosure to be Heard Kamélia Bourahla
IMMOBILE Shayma
Art
Made of Water, Stardust & Unfinished Paintings Shifaa Sultan
HER OCEAN Salma Nassar
Nevertheless, She Persisted Mahra Al Raisi
vividly colored Hana Kanee
Inside Out Reem Tombokti
Never Enough Zainab
Herutā Sukerutā Maryam Jamal
ALIENATION Mohini Hewa