The launching of my book Breakthrough. A Story of Hope, Resilience and Mental Health Recovery at University College London was epic! Thank you to all the beautiful people who attended & supported me. You guys are the best. I was also reunited with my dear friend @raj_psyc! – at England, United Kingdom

‘I lived in Lebanon during the Qana massacre in 1996 when the Israeli military fired artillery shells at a United Nations (UN) compound. Of the 800 Lebanese civilians who had taken refuge in the compound, 106 were killed and approximately 116 injured. It was during this time that I saw something that I will never forget. A father had left his family behind in his home briefly to fetch some water. During his absence there was an air raid by Israeli military jets. When he returned, he discovered that his home had been bombed and reduced to rubble. His family had all been killed. I remember him holding his child’s dead body in his arms and crying inconsolably to God. He wasn’t wailing hysterically. But his crying still penetrated my soul. I think he was blaming himself for what had happened and consumed by remorse, he was begging to his deceased family and to God to forgive him for failing to uphold his duty as a father to protect. I witnessed his reaction to his family’s death live on national television…’ Extract from my book, ‘Breakthrough. A Story of Hope, Resilience and Mental Health Recovery’ which will be published on April 18th and which can be pre-ordered: linktr.ee/ahankir – at London, Ontario