CAIRO – 17 May 2021: Micheline Abu Halqa has launched an initiative to raise people’s awareness towards several mental illnesses that many might not know, or ignore its severity. Her initiative shed the light on a number of mental disorders including: self-harm, mood disorders, panic attacks and borderline personality disorder through photography. A number of youth actors and actresses took part in a photo session Abu Halqa made, featuring various emotions and pain that people with mental illnesses usually experience. A graduate of Faculty of Mass Communication, Micheline Abu Halqa said that the idea of the initiative came as she herself has borderline personality disorder, which she only discovered she has 6 months ago. She further noted that the initiative mainly targets raising awareness of the parents and families who might not be aware of the suffer of their children due to mental illness.

Source: Egypt Today May 17, 2021 08:26 UTC