Samah Jabr
Biographic Data
| ID | 4126300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samah Jabr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samah |
| FAMILY NAME | Jabr |
| SIGNATURE | JABR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8490-5485 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Genocidal politics of settler psychopathology and Palestinian liberation as healthy becoming
In March 2023, Dr Anissa Haddadi organized a conference with the Centre for Postcolonial Studies at Goldsmiths University in London, titled “Decolonial Thinking and Revolutionary Events”, which Dr Jabr attended. This event led to the subsequent interview in June 2025. The conference papers are scheduled for publication in a special issue of Interventions titled (De)colonial Thinking and Revolutionary Events in 2026. However, due to the ongoing ge…
Healing Through the Skies
The authors propose an innovative group‐based therapeutic activity for traumatized children in Palestine, a one‐day program creating and flying kites under the leadership of a two‐person team. The authors discuss the importance of flying within the religious and cultural background of Palestine as well as the prevalence of kite imagery in children's books, songs, and artisanship. Clinical cases reflecting the theme of flying are also described. T…
Community mental health, psychoanalysis, and freedom
The authors describe community mental health in Palestine from several vantage points: Palestine's historical and current context of military/political violence under Israeli occupation, its health care system and system of mental health care, and the status of its mental health staffing and training. Vignettes illustrate characteristic challenges and opportunities for Palestine within the domain of mental health. The roles of cognitive behaviora…
The association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideations among Palestinians
The current study aimed to test whether social support, spirituality and mindfulness mediated the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideation among Palestinians. The study sample consisted of 520 Palestinian adults selected using online tools. The findings of the study revealed that posttraumatic stress symptoms positively correlated with suicidal ideations ( r = .32, p r = -.34, p r = -.16, p r = -.72, p r = -.46, p r…
Becoming Actors of Change
This article examines the social and political determinants of the Israeli occupation in Palestine and how these create specific vulnerabilities for women. Although marginalized, women have always been active in the resistance to the Israeli occupation, despite being specifically targeted. Depoliticization processes by international organizations have further weakened their efforts for social change. To confront this marginalization, the article …
Analysis of the mental health response to Covid-19 and human rights concerns in the occupied Palestinian territories
Purpose The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has devastating effects around the world, influencing daily life and putting communities into unprecedented situations of anxiety, hardship and loss. It has a particularly severe effect on the mental health of individuals and highlights pre-existing challenges in mental health provision in different countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the mental health response to COVID-19 in the occupied…
Mental health under occupation
Purpose This study aims to look at the effects of the Israeli occupation on the mental health of Palestinians and examine the link between political oppression and the occurrence of mental health disorders. It argues that, as human rights violations in Palestine are connected to psychological distress, the root causes of social suffering need to be considered in order not to pathologize Palestinians. The purpose of this paper lies in connecting t…
On Mental Health Amid Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the devastating and disproportionate effects of structures of violence that produce vulnerability in communities of color globally, including with respect to mental health-care provision. While coping and resilience are dominant mainstream frameworks to understand mental health in crisis—both in Palestine and elsewhere—the three contributors to this roundtable were asked to offer a rejoinder to that approach. T…
An occupied state of mind
Mental health under occupation
Purpose This study aims to look at the effects of the Israeli occupation on the mental health of Palestinians and examine the link between political oppression and the occurrence of mental health disorders. It argues that, as human rights violations in Palestine are connected to psychological distress, the root causes of social suffering need to be considered in order not to pathologize Palestinians. The purpose of this paper lies in connecting t…
Analysis of the mental health response to Covid-19 and human rights concerns in the occupied Palestinian territories
Purpose The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has devastating effects around the world, influencing daily life and putting communities into unprecedented situations of anxiety, hardship and loss. It has a particularly severe effect on the mental health of individuals and highlights pre-existing challenges in mental health provision in different countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the mental health response to COVID-19 in the occupied…
An occupied state of mind
On Mental Health Amid Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the devastating and disproportionate effects of structures of violence that produce vulnerability in communities of color globally, including with respect to mental health-care provision. While coping and resilience are dominant mainstream frameworks to understand mental health in crisis—both in Palestine and elsewhere—the three contributors to this roundtable were asked to offer a rejoinder to that approach. T…
Becoming Actors of Change
This article examines the social and political determinants of the Israeli occupation in Palestine and how these create specific vulnerabilities for women. Although marginalized, women have always been active in the resistance to the Israeli occupation, despite being specifically targeted. Depoliticization processes by international organizations have further weakened their efforts for social change. To confront this marginalization, the article …
Analysis of the mental health response to Covid-19 and human rights concerns in the occupied Palestinian territories
Purpose The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has devastating effects around the world, influencing daily life and putting communities into unprecedented situations of anxiety, hardship and loss. It has a particularly severe effect on the mental health of individuals and highlights pre-existing challenges in mental health provision in different countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the mental health response to COVID-19 in the occupied…
Mental health under occupation
Purpose This study aims to look at the effects of the Israeli occupation on the mental health of Palestinians and examine the link between political oppression and the occurrence of mental health disorders. It argues that, as human rights violations in Palestine are connected to psychological distress, the root causes of social suffering need to be considered in order not to pathologize Palestinians. The purpose of this paper lies in connecting t…
Community mental health, psychoanalysis, and freedom
The authors describe community mental health in Palestine from several vantage points: Palestine's historical and current context of military/political violence under Israeli occupation, its health care system and system of mental health care, and the status of its mental health staffing and training. Vignettes illustrate characteristic challenges and opportunities for Palestine within the domain of mental health. The roles of cognitive behaviora…
The association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideations among Palestinians
The current study aimed to test whether social support, spirituality and mindfulness mediated the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideation among Palestinians. The study sample consisted of 520 Palestinian adults selected using online tools. The findings of the study revealed that posttraumatic stress symptoms positively correlated with suicidal ideations ( r = .32, p r = -.34, p r = -.16, p r = -.72, p r = -.46, p r…
Healing Through the Skies
The authors propose an innovative group‐based therapeutic activity for traumatized children in Palestine, a one‐day program creating and flying kites under the leadership of a two‐person team. The authors discuss the importance of flying within the religious and cultural background of Palestine as well as the prevalence of kite imagery in children's books, songs, and artisanship. Clinical cases reflecting the theme of flying are also described. T…
Genocidal politics of settler psychopathology and Palestinian liberation as healthy becoming
In March 2023, Dr Anissa Haddadi organized a conference with the Centre for Postcolonial Studies at Goldsmiths University in London, titled “Decolonial Thinking and Revolutionary Events”, which Dr Jabr attended. This event led to the subsequent interview in June 2025. The conference papers are scheduled for publication in a special issue of Interventions titled (De)colonial Thinking and Revolutionary Events in 2026. However, due to the ongoing ge…
Psychology (8 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Health and Conflict Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works)