Psychiatrist Rania Awaad’s journey through Anatolia in search of Dar al-Shifas that survive, deepens her understanding of healing under Islam, and shows her a way to challenge the Eurocentric order in modern psychiatric treatment
Anatolian Dar al-Shifas become a source of inspiration for the studies of Rania Award, US-based psychiatrist, revealing the distinctness of Islamic concept of healing /Photo: AA.
From Seljuks to the Ottomans, Anatolia became home to many Dar al-Shifas, which employed various treatment methods, such as water, sound and aroma therapies. When she had the chance to go to Edirne, which houses a Dar al-Shifa inside the Bayezid II Health Museum, she felt very different: “You're able to see in real life, in 3D, what you read about in theory.”
Dar al-Shifas are akin to cutting-edge hospitals of today that integrate different healing methods like sound, water and aroma therapies into their healthcare management regimen. In psychiatry, there is a lot of focus on cognitive and behavioural diagnosis and therapies. In contrast, the concept of holistic healing rooted in Islam and practised in the Dar al-Shifas of yore focused on healing the full person — mind and body — while looking to find individualised treatment for each and every person, she explains. There would be specific pills and diets prescribed to individuals, while dieticians cooked meals tailored for specific persons.
This standardisation is key to the Islamic empires, that can be observed across the countries Islam went, she adds. “They follow the same healing concept in their design philosophy, all the way down to the fountains, arches and details, even though the angles and sizes may differ.”
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