Moral Injury in the line of duty

About this episode

The episode discusses moral injury in the context of emergency response, highlighted by the story of Hind Rajab and the impact of her tragic death.

On 3 September 2025 the docudrama the Voice of Hind Rajab had its world premiere during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. The movie directed by Kaouther Ben Hania received 24 minutes of standing ovation and won the Grand Jury Prize. For our colleague Nisreen Qawas, MHPSS director for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, the voice of Hind Rajab was the person at the other end of the emergency call she received on 29th of January 2024 – the day five-year old Hind was killed alongsid...

People in this episode

Guest: Nisreen Qawas

Topics covered

• moral injury
• emergency response
• mental health
• film
• trauma
• humanitarian work

Keywords

• moral injury
• emergency call
• Hind Rajab
• mental health
• Palestinian Red Crescent
• docudrama
• Kaouther Ben Hania

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Palestinian Red Crescent Society

Books & works: the Voice of Hind Rajab

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