Dr Amna Zaqout, originally from Gaza, Palestine, is a former Associate Professor in Psychology and Mental Health with over 20 years of experience across several universities. Her work bridges qualitative and quantitative approaches to understand psychological experiences across different groups, including children and women, particularly in contexts of trauma and self-concept. Now based in London, she works as a trainer, including in healthy cooking, shares mental health and wellbeing insights through social media, and supports refugee communities through her work with the British Red Cross.

Dr Nada I. J. Abualfita is a medical graduate from Mansoura University, Egypt and successfully completed six months of clinical training in the Emergency Department at Mansoura University Hospitals. Dr Alhasan F. I. Ahmed graduated from Mansoura University in November 2023 and currently works as a medical trainee in the Emergency Department at Mansoura University Hospitals. In this blog, Nada I. J. Abualfita and Alhasan F. I. Ahmed reflect on how qualitative research deepens understanding of ethics and empathy in healthcare by foregrounding care experiences as meaningful evidence that informs ethical reflection and clinical practice.

Qualitative researchers are increasingly turning to creative methods and methodologies to expand perspectives on health, healthcare, and divergent ways of being. In this episode Sohail speaks to Kai Syng Tan and Georgia Thom, both practising artists and researchers, about how neurodivergence and art work together to explore marginalised experiences of the world including trans life, neurodivergence, and their intersections, amid the resurgence of the far right.