In March 2025, the FIFDH hosted for the first time a therapeutic workshop in Geneva, led by mental health professionals from different backgrounds, from both side of a conflict. Aware of the psychological toll of long-standing tensions and collective trauma, the FIFDH invited participants to share their experiences and open a space for listening, reflection, and emotional repair. In the Space Between is a series of intimate conversations with individuals who took part in that workshop. Each episode offers a quiet window into one life, one story of navigating inner tension and personal change.
This is In the Space Between, a series of conversations produced by the FIFDH, International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (https://fifdh.org/en/) in Geneva.
In March 2025, the Festival hosted for the first time a workshop led by mental health professionals from both sides of a long-lasting divide, the Israeli - Palestinian conflict.
Every year, the Festival gives a prominent space to this conflict, denouncing the illegal occupation, the state of apartheid and the international paralysis that couldn’t prevent, nor stop, the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Thisspecific event was different from the others, with this workshop, we wanted to take a step on the side, move away from the political chaos and allow some space for healing. Conscious of the conflict's psychological toll and collective trauma, the FIFDH invited mental health professionals from Israel and Palestine to lead an EMDR workshop, sharing their experiences to foster listening, reflection, and emotionalhealing.
The result is In the Space Between, a series of intimate conversations with individuals who took part in that workshop. Each episode offers a quiet window into one life — one story of navigating inner conflict, personal transformation, and the messy beauty of human complexity. This podcast is about people. We hope it will bring a small contribution to the field of those who are still trying to build peace, in a region that has been experiencing the horrors of war and injustice for too long.
20 Nov 2025
In the Space Between – Tuly
Tuly
Tuly Flint is one of the psychologists who facilitated the workshop in Geneva. He has walked through more than one kind of battlefields, physical, psychological, and moral, an Israeli therapist, a former officer, a peace activist, and perhaps most importantly, a listener. His story invites us to pause in the space between trauma and transformation and to listen.
Direction & editing: Gianluca Allaria
Music: Matthieu Hardouin
Introduction: Laura Longobardi
Production: International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) (www.fifdh.org)
20 Nov 2025
In the Space Between – Leila
Leila
In this episode we meet Leila, a woman of many identities: Palestinian, Lebanese, Italian, Swiss, a peace advocate, and a longtime voice within B8 of Hope. Her family history shaped by displacement echoes through her commitment to dialogue and healing. We begin, as she does with where she comes from.
Direction & editing: Gianluca Allaria
Music: Matthieu Hardouin
Introduction: Laura Longobardi
Production: International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) (www.fifdh.org)
20 Nov 2025
In the Space Between – Jeremy
Jeremy
Jeremy is a mediator and lawyer based in Geneva, who brings decades of experience resolving conflicts that cross borders, identities, and ideologies. Born with four passports, raised across continents, Jeremy understands what it means to navigate complexity, not just professionally, but personally.
Direction & editing: Gianluca Allaria
Music: Matthieu Hardouin
Introduction: Laura Longobardi
Production: International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) (www.fifdh.org)
20 Nov 2025
In the Space Between – Ahmad
Ahmad
In this episode, we meet Ahmad, a Palestinian psychologist based in East Jerusalem. He is one of the therapists who led the EMDR Trauma Healing Workshop during the Festival in March 2025. Ahmad is a member of EMDR for peace, a network that brings together Palestinian and Israeli professionals working across borders to heal trauma and to hold space for stories that are often silenced. His journey is not just professional, it's deeply personal.
Direction & editing: Gianluca Allaria
Music: Matthieu Hardouin
Introduction: Laura Longobardi
Production: International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) (www.fifdh.org)
20 Nov 2025
In the Space Between – Mehra
Mehra
Mehra is a peace activist and founder of B8 of Hope. Her journey takes us through memory, loss and ultimately connection. Her story begins in Iran in the 1970s…
Direction & editing: Gianluca Allaria
Music: Matthieu Hardouin
Introduction: Laura Longobardi
Production: International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) (www.fifdh.org)
20 Nov 2025
In the Space Between – Dorit
Dorit
Dorit is one of the therapists who led the EMDR Trauma Healing Workshop during the Festival in March 2025. She is a social worker and EMDR specialist, as well as a member of Women Wage Peace. Her story begins not from theory, but from experience, from the deep impacts of war displacement and hope
Direction & editing: Gianluca Allaria
Music: Matthieu Hardouin
Introduction: Laura Longobardi
Production: International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) (www.fifdh.org)
20 Nov 2025
In the Space Between – Fuina
Fuina
In this episode, we meet Fiuna, a woman shaped by many cultures, many countries, and one deep commitment to dialogue. Her story begins not at a border, but somewhere in between. For someone who has lived across continents, languages, and traditions, the idea of otherness was never far away, but it was through coexistence, a peace building organization that Fiuna found her place, not as an outsider, but as a bridge.
Direction & editing: Gianluca Allaria
Music: Matthieu Hardouin
Introduction: Laura Longobardi
Production: International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) (www.fifdh.org)
20 Nov 2025
In the Space Between – Salem
Salem
Today we are in Gaza. Not through the lens of war, but through the eyes of someone who meets its aftermath every single day. A psychologist, a father, a quiet witness to resilience. His name is Dr Salem Alarjani, and he is a member of EMDR for peace.
Direction & editing: Gianluca Allaria
Music: Matthieu Hardouin
Introduction: Laura Longobardi
Production: International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) (www.fifdh.org)
23 Jun 2025
In the Space Between - Pierre
Pierre
Pierre is a journalist, a mediator, and an expert in transitional justice. He has spent decades working in some of the most difficult places in the world, Rwanda, the Balkans, the sale and beyond, helping societies confront violence and find path. Towards reconciliation. He's also the person who initiated the workshop that inspired this podcast. At the FIFDH, Pierre brought together Israeli and Palestinian psychologists for an intimate, emotionally charged dialogue on trauma and healing.
Direction & editing: Gianluca Allaria
Music: Matthieu Hardouin
Introduction: Laura Longobardi
Production: FIFDH
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