Is the Israel-Palestine conflict radicalising young Muslims? Plus, psychiatrist Professor Ahmed Hankir on Muslims and mental health

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This week, Hyphen commissioning editor Samir Jeraj, Kadra Abdinasir from the Centre for Mental Health and Mercy Mission UK’s Jehangir Malik OBE discuss the claim by Britain’s ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace that the situation in Gaza is “radicalising Muslim youth across the globe", the UK’s cost of living crisis and our top TV picks as Netflix reveals its most watched shows of 2023.

Host Reya El-Salahi speaks to the psychiatrist Professor Ahmed Hankir about a recent surge in the number of Muslim patients referred to his clinic, his new book The Wounded Healer and his journey from psychiatric patient to World Health Organization award-winning mental health provider.

Plus, journalist Dion Fanning meets the athletes on the receiving end of racism in Irish sport.

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