Kareem is teased in school for losing focus and “spacing out.” He’s eventually diagnosed with epilepsy but doesn’t always take his medication. His family, believing Kareem is possessed, visits a healer who performs an exorcism.
Kareem’s story is the subject of Minds of Light, a multipart animated video series developed to raise awareness about epilepsy and dispel myths and misconceptions. The series was created by medical students and other volunteers at Mansoura University in Egypt, led by Sally Mohamed Shaaban, faculty member at Mansoura University and Young Epilepsy Section representative on the executive board of ILAE-Eastern Mediterranean.
