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Debate, Educate and Upgrade

 The First Mental Health, Arts & Media Conference

  Cairo, Egypt

5th– 6th– 7th of May 2023

FRIDAY 5th May 2023 ( DAY 1)

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Opening Hours Registration Office

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Screening “Farah” Film

Samah Anwar

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Come and join us! **

Eva Fahlstrom Borg (Sweden), Mina El Naggar (Egypt)

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LUNCH BREAK & FRIDAY PRAYER

Screening “Farah” Film

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OPENING CEREMONY **

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PLENARY SESSION 1 (KEYNOTE SPEECH) **

Towards an Integrative Helping Perspective of the Entertainment Business

Greg Crosby (USA)

Chairpersons: Robert Abrams (USA), Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Egypt)

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ROUND TABLE 1

Ethical Guidelines of Mental Health Content in the Media Field: Ongoing Initiative By Rakhawy Institute for Training and Research

Safei Eldin Mahmoud, Nabil El Kot, Mina El Naggar, Mariam Naoum (Egypt)

 

Moderators: Mona Rakhawy, Ghada El Kholy (Egypt)

WORKSHOP 1

Psychodrama and Photography for Re-building Interpersonal Relations

Marcello Paltrinieri (Italy) Martina Bruni (Italy)

WORKSHOP SYMPOSIUM 1
Reading in
Yehia Rakhawy’s Legacy

Sufism, and Rakhawy vision of the Cosmos.

His interactive writings with Nefarri as a model

Ehab El Kharrat (Egypt)
Ehab El Mallah (Egypt)
Karam Abbas (Egypt)

Chairpersons: Suaad Moussa, Abdelrahman Assal (Egypt)

WORKSHOP 2

When Cinema and Psychoanalysis Met Each Other: Dreams, Unconscious, and Imagination

Domenico Agresta (Italy)

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COFFE BREAK

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PLENARY SESSION 2 **

Psychiatry in the Arab Cinema

Discussing “Farah” Film (by Kenton Oxley & Hassiba Freiha)

Panelists: Khalid Ali (Sudan – UK), Ayman Hamed, Mona Rakhawy, Nabil Elkot (Egypt)

Honorary Guests: Kenton Oxley (UK), Hassiba Freiha (Lebanon – UAE)

** All participants are invited to get to know each other in this active/interactive warmup session

*The Lebanese “Farah” movie will be screened twice at the following times.  Participants are invited to watch it once and be ready for the discussion at 7:30 pm. Screening times:

– 9:30 am – 11:30 am 

– 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (during lunch time)

SATURDAY May 6th 2023 ( DAY 2)

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Social Dreaming Matrix *

Domenico Agresta (Italy)

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ROUND TABLE 2

What can Mental Health Offer to the Drama Industry?

Nabil El Kot, Mina El Naggar (Egypt)

 

Honorary Guest: Mariam Naoum, Mariam Al Ahmady, Mohamed Hisham Obeya (Egypt)

WORKSHOP 3

Why Do We Step Into the Same River Again?

Interpersonal life traps in real and fictional characters, explained by the Schema Therapy Model of Personality.
Christoph Fuhrhans (Switzerland)

WORKSHOP 4

Theater-Based Learning

How to use theater skills to enhance community mental health

Students Scientific Society,

Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al-Alainy (Egypt)

WORKSHOP 5 (Part 1)

Writing and Self-discovery

Ragai Moussa (Egypt)

(Arabic-Speaking Workshop)

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SYMPOSIUM 2

Psychodynamics of Grief Reflections on Habeeb film by Shady Fouad

 Khaled Ali (Sudan – UK),
Noha Sabry
Nabil Elkot (Egypt)   


Honorary Guests:
Shady Fouad

WORKSHOP 5 (Part 2)

Writing and Self-exploration

Ragai Moussa, (Egypt)

Mona El Shimy (Egypt)

(Translation will be provided)

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PLENARY SESSION  3 (KEYNOTE SPEECH) *

Fathers and Daughters: Two Animated Short Films
Screening; short films, “Papa” and “Daughter”

Robert Abrams (USA)

Chairpersons: Christoph Fuhrhans (Switzerland), Noha Sabry (Egypt)

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LUNCH BREAK

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PLENARY SESSION 4 *

Debate, Educate and Upgrade: Mental Health Dimensions in Egyptian Drama

Part 1: Presenting a study on Egyptian Drama (15 – 20 minutes)

Inas Abdelhamid (Egypt)

Part 2: Panel Discussion

Greg Crosby, USA,  Nabil El Kot, Riham Kamel (Egypt)

Honorary Guests: Karim El Shennawy, Ahmed Kamal

Moderators: Eva Fahlstrom Borg (Sweden), Mona Rakhawy (Egypt)

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COFFE BREAK

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PLENARY SESSION 5 *

 

Story Telling Theater and Mental Illness: (1)

A Story of Anxiety

By Jesuit Cultural Center and Bab El Hekayat, Alexandria, Egypt

Magdalene Samaan (idea and preparation), Horia El Dakak (Director), Dalia Abdelsadek (Ass. Director), Dalia Badawy, Mary Zaki, Mohamed Gaballah (Narrators)

Reflection on the stories and on the whole day

Panelists: Ayman Hamed, Mohamed Rakhawy (Egypt)

* All participants are invited to share and be inspired in this active/interactive session.

SUNDAY May 7th (DAY 3)

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Social Dreaming Matrix *

Domenico Agresta (Italy)

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WORKSHOP 6

Hero’s Journey Workshop for the Entertainment Industry

Greg Crosby (USA)

WORKSHOP 7

Contemporary Dance and Movement
Karima Mansour (Egypt)

WORKSHOP 8

Groups and Teams Behind the Scenes

Eva Fahlstrom Borg (Sweden), Mona Rakhawy (Egypt)

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PLENARY SESSION 6  (KEYNOTE SPEECH) *

‘Silver Hair on the Silver Screen: Narratives of Ageing in Film’
Screening; “Studio” by Amjad Abo Ela

Khalid Ali, Sudan – UK

Chairpersons:  Eva Fahlstrom Borg (Sweden), Mina El Naggar (Egypt)

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SYMPOSIUM 3

Chairperson: Christoph Fuhrhans (Switzerland)

  1. Boundaries between Psychiatrists and Patients in TV Drama

Khalid Ali (Sudan – UK)

  1. The Use of Cinema in Raising Awareness on Psychosis

Ayman Hamed (Egypt)

  1. A Scientific Study of psychiatry in Egyptian Movies along the Years -A Validated and Reliable Tool

Noha Sabry (Egypt)

  1. Women, Media and Mental Health

Reem Deif (Egypt)

SYMPOSIUM 4

Chairpersons: Roberta Mineo (Italy)

  1. Impact of Media on the Field of Mental Health

Mostafa Samir Shahin (Egypt)

  1. Neuroscience and Roles. Examining how taking on roles affects us

        Greg Crosby (USA)

  1. Global Wellbeing Direction in the Creative Sector

Noha Essam (Egypt)

  1. My Therapist is Robot “Question marks and warnings signs

Mohamed Elwishy (Egypt)

SYMPOSIUM 5
Reading in
Yehia Rakhawy’s Legacy

Chairperson: Refaaat Mahfouz, Maha Wasfi,  (Egypt)

 

On Death and Life

(The Balcony Documentary)

Bothaina Kamel and

Mohamed Rakhawy (Egypt)

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LUNCH BREAK

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PLENARY SESSION 7 *

PART 1: “The Man of the Citadel” Play

Honorary Guest: Nasser Abdelmoniem and Mohamed Abolela Elsalamony

PART 2: Story Telling Theater and Mental Illness: (2)

Prosperous and Secure relationships

By Jesuit Culture Center and Bab El Hekayat, Alexandria (Egypt)

Magdalene Samaan (idea and preparation), Horia El Dakak (Director), Dalia Abdelsadek (Ass. Director), Mary Zaki & Mahmoud Kassem (Dance and Expressive Movement), Hala El Zokom, Mayar Mansour and Esraa Hussein (Narrators)

Reflection on the stories and on the whole day

Panelists: Roberta Mineo (Italy), Mona Rakhawy (Egypt)

Moderator: Rana Nawara (Egypt)

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CLOSING CEREMONY *

* All participants are invited to share and be inspired in this active/interactive session.

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