Why Social Entrepreneurship Matters During the Arab Awakening
Dr. Iman Bibars* | 18 Jun 2012
For the Middle East and North Africa, 2011 was a year where people’s voices were heard, where citizens finally felt their presence and participation could make a difference. What we have experienced in the last year and a half is an increased sense of citizenship, self-efficacy and social responsibility, opening the door for social entrepreneurship to flourish. As...On the Persistence of Violence, Corruption, and Impunity in Arab Politics
Joseph Farag | 27 Jan 2012
Amid celebrations and retrospectives on the one year anniversary of the Arab revolutions, today’s revelations of systematic torture and murder of detainees in Libyan prisons give pause for sober reflection. The Arab Spring, which has so far toppled four Arab dictators (though has been less effective in altering the malignant regimes they cultivated), has also...The Arab League’s Irrelevance
Joseph Farag | 30 Dec 2011
In the week since they arrived in Syria, Arab League monitors have failed to stem state-sponsored violence against civilians, once again demonstrating the League’s ineffectiveness and irrelevance. It was the League’s insignificance and absence from regional affairs that made its intervention in Syria so surprising. Many were taken aback when, on November...PODCAST: Interview with Ghanem Nuseibeh on Philanthropy in the Middle East & North Africa
Muftah Editors | 11 Jun 2012
In this Muftah podcast, we speak to Ghanem Nuseibeh, founder and director of Cornerstone Global Associates, a London-based consulting company, that, among other things, provides political and economic risk assessment...Human Rights in the Arab World: The Importance of Follow-Through
Muftah Editors | 24 Jan 2012
Egyptians celebrate at Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the popular revolt that drove President Hosni Mubarak from power after 30 years, Feb. 12, 2011. (PHOTO CREDIT: PETRO UGARTE, AFP) Regardless of...
