Middle East Eating Disorders Association Podcast

About Middle East Eating Disorders Association Podcast

A podcast raising awareness of eating disorders in the Middle East, produced by the Middle East Eating Disorders Association, a not-for-profit aiming to support prevention and awareness of Eating Disorders, as well as professional training, research and support to patients across the whole Middle East area.Alongside guests and listeners’ questions, the podcast aims to cover a wide diversity of aspects regarding eating disorders’ diagnosis, treatment, recovery, as well as support to patients of all sizes, ages, genders, abilities and ethnicities. Because eating disorders don’t discriminate. And because they are among the deadliest mental health conditions.

Publisher

MEEDA

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Apr 2021

Latest episode

30 Jun 2022

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jun 2022

   Arab Representation & Community with Ricardo Karam of TAKREEM

   In this episode, MEEDA's VP Carine El Khazen receives Ricardo Karam. Mr Karam is a talk-show host, public speaker, writer and advocate of promoting Arab achievement and social causes. In 2010, Mr Karam decided to take storytelling to the next level and use it as a means of creating impact. He created TAKREEM Foundation, which aims to honor Arab accomplishments and bring Arab achievers to the forefront of the global stage. With Carine, Mr Karam discusses about: - Changing the percepti...

2. 

   16 Jun 2022

   Shame and body dysmorphia in the Gulf region with Daloo3a Series

   In this episode, MEEDA discusses women's mental health with Nadia Al Sayed. Nadia Al-Sayed is a British-Kuwaiti-Palestinian anthropologist and cultural consultant. Born and raised in North London, she spent her teenage years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She currently lives between London and Kuwait. Nadia recently founded ‘Daloo3a series’, a platform to discuss issues and affairs that affect women of the SWANA region, their diasporas and beyond, and raise the literacy women have on their b...

3. 

   2 Jun 2022

   Caring for the Carer Testimonials - World Eating Disorder Action Day 2022 Special!

   Today, 2nd June 2022, is World Eating Disorder Action Day! The theme this year is "Caring for the carer" On this occasion, the MEEDA podcast interviewed 3 carers about their experience supporting a loved one recovering from an Eating Disorder: Leila helped her sister and husband, Atul his daughter and Carrie her daughter. They bravely share their intimate stories of diagnosis, treatment and recovery, their challenges as carers, how they managed to stay strong and focused, what they would s...

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