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Tarek Younis

Dr. Tarek Younis is a cultural psychologist and a lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University. He researches and writes on Islamophobia, the securitisation and racism of mental health, and the impact of the War on Terror He teaches on the impact of culture, religion, globalization, and security policies on psychological interventions.

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Suffering unto God

Tarek Younis
October 13, 2020 • 8 min read

In the rising tide of the COVID-19 pandemic, an existential threat to life has captured the minds of many; a threat superseding the manufactured moral panics of crime, immigration, and terrorism. We live in uncertain times — an age of anxiety. Our ability to navigate anxiety has become a central feature of everyday life. Is there any meaning to the widespread experience of anxiety, however?

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