S.1 Ep.4/ Medicine Knows No Boundaries
“If this missile hits where I’m at, I’m going to die like anybody else with me. It didn’t matter that I was Arab."
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Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Nesrin Abu Ata attended Ben Gurion Medical School, with an emphasis on global health. Dr. Abu Ata, who speaks Arabic, Hebrew, English and French, worked with diverse populations in their native language during her training in Israel.
Dr. Abu Ata went on to complete dual training in family medicine and psychiatry at the University of Iowa and is board-certified in addiction medicine. She also completed training at the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma with Dr. Richard Mollica. Dr. Abu Ata has also trained with the Center for Mind Body Medicine and worked with different underserved populations, including veterans, refugees, asylum seekers, youth at risk, transitional youth, youth in foster care, and different American Indian tribes.
She has completed 200 hours of yoga instructor training and enjoys teaching different types of meditation and movement practices. She is also a practitioner of Reiki and Shamanism. Dr. Abu Ata brings mindfulness, movement, spiritual and cultural practices to traditional psychiatric care, creating a bridge connecting the mind and the body. On this bridge, patients experience personally meaningful alchemy.
You can learn more about Dr. Abu Ata at her website, on Facebook and on Instagram. Dr. Abu Ata also hosts a podcast, My Grandmother's Blessings, which you can find here.
Dr. Nesrin Abu Ata
Host and creator: Manya Marcus
Managing producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and producer: Ben Wallick
Logo design: Hallel Gradwohl and Maya Zanger-Nadis
Outro song: Brave Souls by Sky Toes
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