Social Media

Did The ‘Bogeyman’ Spread Awareness on Mental Health in Syria?

A social media platform with Syrian roots, Al-bo’bo, sheds light on psychological hardships in a society where these topics are taboo. The idea of a traditional bogeyman called in Arabic Al-bo’bo was used to scare misbehaving children. Although the name suggests one thing, the concept behind it is completely different. The Emergence of the Concept […]

Mental Health Day Should Remind Us of Our Disconnection

Since the advent of social media, the trope ‘becoming connected is actually becoming disconnected’ has been so overused as clickbait that it’s become a cliché; a meaningless headline that surprises no one anymore. But on Mental Health Day, we’d be wise to remember that all clichés have a root in truth. And that the disconnection […]