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@ahmedhankir Merry Xmas dear brother!!!!

I’m Dr Ahmed, a Muslim consultant psychiatrist. For more than 10 years, I’ve worked over Xmas so colleagues who celebrate can be with their loved ones. I’m on call again this year in emergency psychiatry. Thanks to all frontline staff working over the festive period. Merry Xmas.

@ahmedhankir Hate without borders!!!! Mourning our wounded world! Prayers

I am horrified by the antisemitic terror attack that took place in Sydney, Australia. I unequivocally condemn these heinous atrocities. My thoughts are with the loved ones of those who were so callously killed. To our Jewish brothers and sisters: we mourn with you and stand with you against hatred, violence, and antisemitism in all its forms.

@ahmedhankir Sharing the passion of service to others beyond self and without borders

Lecturing Medical Students in Indonesia About the Importance of Mental Health It was a profound privilege and pleasure to teach medical students in Batu, East Java, Indonesia, about the importance of mental health. Many of these students receive very little formal teaching on topics such as attachment styles, adverse childhood experiences, and personality structure — yet their curiosity, attentiveness, and hunger to learn were remarkable. What moved me most was their respect. Here in Indonesia, when students greet an invited lecturer or professor, they gently take your hand with both of theirs, lower themselves slightly, and place your hand softly on their forehead as a gesture of honour. It is one of the most beautiful and humbling expressions of respect I have ever experienced. This has been an unforgettable and truly life-changing experience.

@ahmedhankir Dr Seuss!!!!!!! Perfect and thanks brother Ahmed

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind...” Dr Seuss

@ahmedhankir Hurry back to this side of the pond brother

Hello Crystal Palace, London, UK. The Wounded Healer is back in town! We each need a safe space, a sanctuary that we call home. Crystal Palace is my home, it always will be. It’s where my heart and soul belong. The parks, the lake, the cafe culture. It’s such a gem, a treasure. I’m so blessed to be here. It’s SO good to be back. This mural behind me on a wall in Crystal Palace is one of my favourite ever.

@ahmedhankir A marvelous journey dearest brother!!!!

If you told me in 2006 when I was stigmatised, shunned & forced to interrupt medical school due to a mental health crisis that one day I would be invited to lecture at Harvard Medical School, I would NEVER have believed you. Tomorrow I’m lecturing at Harvard. I’m deeply honoured.

@ahmedhankir The Wounded Healer, a presentation, a chronicle of lived experience and an embrace of sacrifice empathically woven by Professor Ahmed Hankir. I’m so glad that we have you sharing on this side of the pond, dear brother.

I’m humbled, honoured & thrilled to share I’ve been invited to deliver a talk at Harvard Medical School about combating the stigma attached to mental health difficulties in medical students & doctors. NEVER stop believing in yourself & NEVER stop dreaming. See you in Boston.

@ahmedhankir I was on a plane the other day and a couple of people asked me if I knew the wounded healer! Well, almost as I had your book in my hand and they had heard of it and I was happy.

I am on the train from Oxford to Leeds & a couple of people approached me & politely asked, ‘Excuse me, are you the Wounded Healer!?’ They thanked me for my anti-stigma & anti-Islamophobia work & urged me to continue with my activities. I can’t deny it, it’s a lovely feeling!

@ahmedhankir It’s a marvelous read and very pleased to embrace the global impact your words are having dearest brother

Chuffed to bits to see copies of my book Breakthrough in the Waterstones at Oxford! On my way to Trinity College at the University of Oxford to give a talk about coping with the trauma associated with the atrocities in Gaza & Lebanon & to sign copies of my book!

@joshuadhartzell Well done Josh

Big day!!! My book has been launched with hopes of changing the culture of healthcare! If healthcare leaders take care of their people, the people will take care of our patients, our trainees and each other. Who is with me? amazon.com/Prescription-C…

@ahmedhankir Marvelous

It was an absolute pleasure & privilege to be back in Leeds, UK to deliver a lecture about Islamophobia & mental health at the Royal College of Psychiatrists National Medical Student Conference. The students were super engaged & they were incredibly compassionate & curious.

@ahmedhankir Always in the service of others dear brother! Thanks for sharing your contagious smile. ☕️

Good morning from Kyiv, Ukraine! I hope you are all well. Sometimes, the difference between a good day & a not so good day is a delicious cup of coffee!!! And the coffee served at Aroma Kava cafe in Kyiv is AMAZING! That’s why there’s a big smile on my face. Peace & love.

@ahmedhankir @WHO @MichelleFunk3 Everyone should read this book. Gift it to anyone that you know. It’s the holiday season.

Today was special. During the @WHO #QualityRights training me & the team are providing to partners in Kyiv, Ukraine I read passages from my book Breakthrough about coping with trauma during conflict & war. The connection with the audience was so powerful. It was beautiful.

@ahmedhankir This is wonderful!!

I moved to Canada from the UK last year & joined Western University as a professor in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. I’m deeply honoured to be invited to speak at the 2024 Western University Health & Research Conference tonight about rejecting mental health stigma.

@ahmedhankir Happiest of Birthdays dear brother 🎂

Happy birthday to me. So it’s my birthday today. To be honest I don’t usually celebrate my birthday but this year I thought I should (hence the solo adventure to Chicago). Life wasn’t always like this. There were times when reality was so cruel and unbearable that I thought about ending it all. I look back at my perilous journey & I think it’s a miracle that I somehow survived. It has felt like a constant fight but I’m immensely grateful that I have come this far & that I am where I am today. I’m also grateful to be who I am (although I’m still very much a work in progress). For those of you who are struggling - especially men - and who are contemplating suicide, I know that the world can be a dark & lonely place, believe me I do. But please, choose life. Don’t suffer in silence. Seek help. Don’t make a decision based on a temporary situation or feeling that has permanent consequences. I know it’s hell of a lot easier said than done but things do get better. So keep on fighting that good fight. You’ve got this. Sincerely, Ahmed

@HermelinMD This is so good a project!!!!!

I am creating a sweatshirt with the word 🩸𝔹𝕃𝕆𝕆𝔻 in every language. Could you please share how to write the word 🩸𝔹𝕃𝕆𝕆𝔻 in your native language? THANK YOU!

@ahmedhankir And it continues!!!!! Great for the service to others above self dear brother Ahmed! And of course the recognition!!!!!

Moving to another country & working in a different mental healthcare system is challenging. There is a huge demand for services & I gave it my best shot. I’m fortunate to work with such an amazing & supportive team. I’m honoured to receive this award, my first one in Canada.

@ahmedhankir @TorontoPearson Pray for the security guard Brother!!!

I’m in the chapel - a place of worship - in @TorontoPearson Airport. A security guard enters the room & he looks disgusted by me. He says he’s a Christian & ‘tells’ me to leave. I refuse. I tell him all I was doing was worshipping. I tell him I feel threatened & discriminated by him. I also tell him I will not allow this to pass, that he should be ashamed of himself & that I will lodge a complaint against him. ZERO tolerance for hatred of any kind.

@ahmedhankir Enjoy London Town and the book signing. The delivery in USA has been pushed back a couple of weeks but everyone here is anxiously waiting for it and your return to your Florida Home

Hello everyone. I hope you are all well. On a more positive note, I’m excited to share that I’m back home in London, UK to promote my book, ‘Breakthrough. A Story of Hope, Resilience and Mental Health Recovery’ which will be released this week on the 18th of April. In Breakthrough, I approach mental health from the dual perspectives of consultant psychiatrist & psychiatric patient, of healer & healed. I signpost my recovery journey from impoverished, shunned & stigmatised ‘service user with mental illness from a minority ethnic background’ to becoming an empowered mental health advocate & World Health Organisation award winning doctor. I discuss the many challenges I faced, the factors that are harmful & helpful for our mental health & the lessons that I learned. I also write about the obstacles that persons from disadvantaged backgrounds must overcome including poverty, discrimination & accommodation insecurity. Breakthrough is available for pre-order: amzn.eu/d/6lRrHia

@ahmedhankir Welcome home brother

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well. Alhamdullilah back in Canada. It’s great to be back! 15km morning run done in Toronto. Now time to treat myself to a cuppa! Have a wonderful rest of the weekend. Peace.