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I recently travelled to Europe with my family for a summer holiday. Since it was my first driving trip abroad, I decided to go through a travel agent who arranged not only the flights and...

In Oman and other Arab societies, it is customary for parents to arrange a bride for their son. The recommendation often included close cousins or members of the same tribe. Such a system may have...

Last week, a friend sent me a video of an Egyptian doctor who became famous for his controversial diet advice that goes against what international experts have been advocating for years. The doctor...

A while ago, I was approached by Mr A, a young man at the beginning of his career. Like many young professionals, he was trying to build a future in a job market that had become increasingly...

Miss A was preparing for her English exam when a thought crossed her mind: “What if I score less than my brother, who did the same test last year? It was past midnight, and she was halfway through...

When I learned about the new Korean series “Teach You a Lesson," I was curious to watch it. The series focuses on a fictional government called the Educational Rights Protection Bureau (ERPB), an...

A colleague recently told me about his son, a young man in his early 20s who had taken up fishing as a hobby. Initially, his parents were delighted as fishing seemed to offer a healthy escape from...

A man in his mid-sixties came to my clinic complaining about a recurring dream that had been troubling him for months. Every night, he found himself stranded in an airport after losing his passport...

While preparing for a workshop on how to deal with negative thoughts, I came across a very interesting psychological experiment conducted by an American researcher Daniel Wenger. In this experiment,...

A colleague recently told me about his son, who is in his late twenties and works as an IT specialist, spending much of his day seated behind a desk. His routine consists of long working hours,...

At a recent family dinner, my almost 26-year-old was staring at his can of soft drink in amusement. His action annoyed me, so I said in a light joke, 'someone is preoccupied today.' With a...

I have always been curious about why some people commit evil crimes. This is why, when I read about the movie ‘Nuremberg’, I was curious to watch it. The movie is based on the book ‘The Nazi and...

I recently attended a social gathering for former classmates. It was a pleasant evening filled with laughter and shared memories. For a few hours, we stepped back into a time when life felt simpler...

Miss A is a psychologist who is very passionate about her job. She was in her mid-thirties when a young man proposed to marry her. He had a stable job and came from a decent family, yet when they...

Many people are interested in psychology, and books in the field are often among the bestsellers. Some believe reading about psychology would give them power to analyse and influence human behaviour. ...

A few months ago, I came across a news post stating that members of the French parliament voted in favour of a landmark bill that would ban children under 15 from using social media platforms. This is...

A few weeks ago, a colleague shared a photograph on social media of him holding a piece of paper informing his patients that his recent performance evaluation had rated him as ‘Good,’ and that...

One of the habits I developed recently during the Eid holiday is to try out new coffee shops in my old town. Most coffee shops have a collection of old books that I often read while waiting for...

When the attack on Iran began, I happened to be on a short visit to Saudi Arabia. Between a busy schedule and the rhythm of Ramadhan, I had not been following social media or the news as closely as I...

Mrs A was in her forties when she attended my clinic with symptoms of depression and severe sleep disturbance following a major argument with her husband. She described him as emotionally abusive and...