Posted on 01/03/2010 11:36:36 PM PST by Chet 99
The Healing Arts
The Restoring Power of Imagination
by Cathy Malchiodi
Cathy Malchiodi is an art therapist, visual artist, independent scholar, and author of 13 books on arts therapies, including The Art Therapy Sourcebook. See full bio
Jihad Rehab: Can Art Therapy Cure Terrorism?
The jihad in rehab: Is art a form of counterterrorism?
Published on December 19, 2008
To some, the idea of art therapy as rehab in Riyadh sounds like a story that would headline The Onion. But art therapy is serious business at Saudi Arabia's experimental rehab center for former jihadists, some from the Guantanamo Bay detention center. From Jihad to Rehab, a PBS production featuring Canadian journalist Nancy Durham, offers a rare chance to see these detainees in treatment as they sit at long tables with pastels in hand, intensely engaged in the the art process.
My well-regarded colleague Dr. Awad Alyami is the detainees' art therapist and is one of the most passionate advocates for the transformative power of art in trauma recovery that I know. Alyami, Director of Art Therapy at King Fahad Medical City, studied art therapy at Pennsylvania State University and has become a global voice for the use of art as therapy for what may be some of the most complex clients a therapist may see. In fact, initially he was reluctant and even a little frightened to undertake work with the detainees, even though he has extensive experience treating traumatic stress and mental illness. Once you see Alyami on film waving his arms in the air like an orchestra leader, motivating convicted jihadists to draw their feelings-- well, he is an intrepid and enthusiastic traveler into psychological terrain not often attempted.
(Excerpt) Read more at psychologytoday.com ...
Sounds like something that our govt and that of the UK will fall for. Anything to avoid facing the harsh reality of what Islam really is.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/arttherapy/index?tab=articles
Quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416526/posts
Oops! Freed Gitmo alumni plotted airline bombing
Washington Examiner ^ | December 28, 2009 | David Freddoso
Posted on December 28, 2009 1:45:36 PM PST by Zakeet
Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents.
American officials agreed to send the two terrorists to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an “art therapy rehabilitation program” and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Will art therapy work? Absolutely! Sitting in a cell drawing little stick men for 20 or 30 years would cure many terrorists.
ADDING to post no. 3 (and a look at a blooming artist):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167923/posts
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/men-believed-northwest-airlines-plot-set-free/story?id=9434065
“Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Were Released by U.S.
Former Guantanamo Prisoners Believed Behind Northwest Airlines Bomb Plot; Sent to Saudi Arabia in 2007”
By BRIAN ROSS, ANNA SCHECTER and JOSEPH RHEE
Dec. 28, 2009
SNIPPET: “Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.”
SNIPPET: “Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi.”
As Lucy might say to Charlie Brown, “Put 5¢ in my jar Charlie Brown and I’ll draw the big picture for you.”
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January 2, 2010 11:51 AM
“Flight 253 jihadist wasn’t cured by Saudi anti-jihad art therapy”
SNIPPET: “”There is no criteria for evaluation.” That tells you all you need to know.”
SNIPPET: “”Wacky jihad therapy failed to ‘cure’ plane-bomb plotter,” by Chuck Bennett for the New York Post, January 2 (thanks to Sr. Soph):”
SNIPPET: “Some 1,500 al Qaeda terrorists have “graduated” from the program, including 108 former Guantanamo Bay detainees, the Washington Post reported.
“The Saudis talk about a success rate of 80 to 90 percent, but when you look at what those numbers mean in reality, it all falls down. There is no criteria for evaluation,” John Horgan, a Department of Homeland Security consultant, told the New York Post....”
ROFL! Good one.
Generally speaking, the mujahideen absolutely adore YouTube.
Here’s some of the guys now doing art — martial arts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgT7NfuLrU8
Now, we will take an indepth look here regarding “art therapy” for jihadis:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416493/posts?page=162#162
Koach Shur, Cindy!!!
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I had a link there from DETROIT NEWS.
Is Detroit News the same as Detroit FreePress?
My excerpts are compliant.
Have you had complaints about the excerpts?
If so, let me know and we’ll chat.
Yes.
Oh, ok. I didn’t know that.
I looked it up here.
This one is
http://www.freep.com
“DETROIT FREE PRESS”
and this one is:
“THE DETROIT NEWS”
I have the second in my links.
I didn’t know they were the same news agency.
Thanks for letting me know.
I’ll try to find another souce for that one link.
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