The Power of Stories, with Saira Shah

Listen to ISF’s latest webinar, in partnership with UNESCO.

This event was recorded before an audience of teenagers from around the world.

How do stories affect the mind?

Safia Shah shares some of Idries Shah’s teaching stories, and Saira speaks to a diverse group of educators, scientists, therapists and writers, each using stories to better understand how we think and to bring about change.

Her guests include:

• Professor Joe Devlin, Experimental Psychologist, University College London
• Lucy Hawking, Children’s Novelist and Science Educator
• Perry Ground, Storyteller of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation
• Dr. Ayesha Ahmad, Senior Lecturer in Global Health, St. George’s University of London
• Robert Twigger, award-winning author and poet
• Stephen Brooks, Psychotherapist
• Tawona Sitholé, UNESCO Artist-in-Residence, University of Glasgow

Join us for this fascinating, lively discussion!