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Mental health activist and public speaker Ashraf El Tahir, 20, is aiming to help people overcome their mental health challenges by speaking about his own struggles at his first ever event next month.
He also hopes to make information about how to seek treatment more accessible to people.
“At just 18 years old I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder,” said the Saudi-born expatriate of Sudanese descent who moved to Bahrain 14 years ago.