Mohi-Ud-Din is the founder and CEO of MeWe International—a global nonprofit focused on storytelling as a way to improve mental health and community engagement. “We need to approach storytelling as a medicine, as a pillar of health and human rights,” he says. “Trauma traps you in the past or in the future—and it robs you of the present, so storytelling is a powerful tool to get you connected to the present.”

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