This study aimed to explore the impact of a social emotional (SEL) intervention on students? mental wellbeing. This study is one of the first trails in the Middle East, in which  an 8 weeks program, based on Arabic and Islamic aspects, was designed, implemented and evaluated in a secondary school in Qatar. The study included an intervention and a control group. The results revealed a significant difference in the wellbeing levels for students who participated in the SEL program compared to the students who did not participate. These results indicate the need for interventions that serve the social, emotional and psychological needs for students. 

Noor Al-Wattary has a PhD in Education and Mental Health promotion from Warwick University, UK. Her work is focused on the promotion of students? mental wellbeing through culturally adapted social emotional interventions and programs. She has different publications in this area and aims to produce