For those living outside of America, the reach of this American imperialist ideology becomes a horizon of doom. Dr. Samah Jabr, the head of the Mental Health Unit within the Palestinian Ministry of Health, has noted that PTSD altogether is a Western concept: “PTSD better describes the experiences of an American soldier who goes to Iraq to bomb and goes back to the safety of the United States. He’s having nightmares and fears related to the battlefield and his fears are imaginary. Whereas for a Palestinian in Gaza whose home was bombarded, the threat of having another bombardment is a very real
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