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Amandas Ong

‘Never giving up’: A former Afghan refugee’s mission to heal trauma

Waheed Arian draws on his personal experience of surviving war-related trauma to deliver mental health services to refugees [Amandas Ong/Al Jazeera]

Chester, United Kingdom – It is just after 8:30am on a Friday and 40-year-old Waheed Arian is cycling down a path next to a frost-covered football field in the northwestern English city of Chester.

His cheeks are slightly flushed as he hops off his bike, and he seems sprightly despite having caught only a few hours of sleep.

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