Chereen Shurafa, Author at Doha News

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The Mum Diaries

Spotlight on Mum: How my son’s diagnosis changed our lives

When her son was just 28 months old, Sarah’s life took an unexpected turn. Sarah defines motherhood as unconditional love, patience, and acceptance for your child. The first moments between…

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The Mum Diaries

Dear Mum: Let yourself feel the storm, the rainbow is coming

Dear Mum, Dear you.. dear everyone, How are you feeling? More importantly, how is your heart doing? As this turbulent year comes to an end, you may be feeling some…

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Sidra Medicine provides ‘culturally-appropriate’ mental health intervention for pregnant mothers

Depression and anxiety are major mental health risks for pregnant women and new mothers. Using a well known western approach, specialist women’s and children’s hospital Sidra Medicine’s unique programme seeks…

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Dear Mum: Relax, your ‘best’ is enough this pandemic

Dear Mum, How are you feeling? I wanted to take a moment to remind you that you are doing your best during this unprecedented pandemic. Of course, this definition of…

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The Mum Diaries: Dietician shares health tips for ‘mums on the run’

Registered dietician Abrar Naely knows just how busy mums can get during the week. Here are some helpful tips from the expert on how to maintain a healthy and productive…

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Spotlight on Mum: Finding myself as a former accounting director turned full-time mum

Former accounting director turned full-time mum, Michelle Tayler says her transition from the professional world to her home has helped her discover other life purposes. Michelle Tayler exudes sincerity in…

3 min

The Mum Diaries

Dear mum, you are not invisible

Dear Mum, while it’s okay to feel hurt, disappointed, and upset, it’s not okay to experience continuous self-doubt. You are not invisible. You are not a wallflower, or a doormat,…

3 min

Feeling anxious about physically returning to university? Here’s what you can do

While there is a significant amount of necessary focus on school-aged students returning to campus, it’s also important to highlight the reintegration of university-level students. Most students in Qatar took…

4 min

Social media, addiction and mental health

The world’s largest social media platform suffered its most significant outage last week. WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram recently went down due to an unexpected and shocking hours-long global outage. As…

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