About This Event:
The Flying Sage welcomes you to join us as we come together in solidarity, seeking pathways towards healing, awareness, accountability, and action from our commonalities.
While it is a challenge to reflect on the realities at stake with an open mind and tolerant heart, contending with our discomforts within community allows for the possibility of integration and positive change during times of crisis.
Bringing to the forefront our personal and collective experiences of suffering, this 2 hour virtual event is centered around the voices of the MENA/SWANA diaspora in Vancouver with Dr. Gabor Maté.
We invite you to approach this conversation addressing our needs as a community and the urgent call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza with our panelists Salma Amer, Noor Ramadhan, Leen Issa and Eda Ertan from a place of compassionate inquiry and deep listening.
Our Guest Speaker
Gabor Maté
Gabor (pronounced GAH-bor MAH-tay) is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness.
The bestselling author of five books published in nearly 40 languages, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. For his ground-breaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. His most recent book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture is a New York Times and international bestseller.
About Your Host & Panelists:
Salma Amer (host)
Salma is an Egyptian media studies analyst, Lecturer and PhD student of Communications at Simon Fraser University. Alongside a Master’s degree from Columbia University, she’s conducted research with marginalized communities, produced sociocultural & political investigations, feature documentaries and breaking news reports covering the Middle East for local & international publications & networks. Salma’s research analyzes the complexities of Arab representation in the media for a global audience. She is a trauma informed mindfulness guide weaving multiple somatic modalities for community resilience and interpersonal regulation.
Noor Ramadhan
Noor is an Iraqi-Canadian breathwork facilitator and a researcher at the University of British Columbia with a primary focus on addiction, psychedelics, and the critical elements of "set and setting." Noor also helps run the Arab Psychedelic Society and is deeply committed to promoting awareness and understanding of mental health within the Arab community. She aspires to bridge the worlds of therapy, breathwork, and psychedelics.
Eda Ertan
Eda is a Turkish-Canadian Sufi Muslim, Healthcare Innovator and Founder of Quantum Care in Vancouver, BC specializing in neuroscience-based coaching and consultancy. Focusing on preventive, accessible practices, and leveraging a decade of experience in Canadian healthcare. Eda advocates for research-based and trauma-informed methods that are rooted in ancient and modern sciences. Her expertise extends to being a mindful movement, wellness, and growth coach with a background in psychology, grief therapy and community development.
Leen Issa
Leen is a Palestinian-Syrian-Canadian filmmaker. Working between the Middle East and Canada, she explores the intricate dynamics of sociocultural identities, with a focus on marginalized voices. Her work is featured on platforms such as VICE and Nowness, and has screened at prominent film festivals. Notably, she co-produced the critically acclaimed "Rupture," featuring a cast of first-time actors and war survivors, who channel their experiences of war, loss, and new beginnings.
About The Flying Sage:
The Flying Sage is a community on a mission to democratize transcendence. We offer in-person and virtual events focussed on education, integration, community and transformation. We specialize in delivering transformational events that utilize breathwork, psychedelics, sound, cold exposure and movement. We house everything in our online platform where you can access courses, connect with experts, get product discounts, attend virtual events and much more.
We are offering every registering attendee of this event an optional free trial of our community platform where you can get a sample of our courses, events and other offerings.
Register
Registration for this event is free or by-donation, and the event will be hosted on ZOOM. Please make sure to sign up for the event using the button below. The event will be recorded and sent to anyone that registers. All proceeds from the event will go towards the following campaigns…
Palestine Mental Health Collective: https://palestinementalhealth.org/
A collective of Palestinian therapists, healers, wellness practitioners, and mental health professionals dedicated to fostering holistic well-being within the Palestinian community worldwide. Their mission is to create a supportive network that connects individuals with their roots as well as a diverse range of mental health providers and wellness practitioners.
HEAL Palestine: https://www.healpalestine.org/
A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children in Palestine, with a special focus on children in Gaza, using a holistic approach that empowers their volunteer community globally. Their efforts include arranging free care for thousands of injured children needing urgent support, providing temporary shelter for displaced persons, and building makeshift classrooms in places like Rafah.