Action for Hope started in summer 2013 as a pilot program under the umbrella of Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy), the leading pan Arab cultural organization and provider of services and support to the independent cultural field in the region.
The genesis of the project was a trip made by a delegation of 17 Arab artists and cultural activists to the Syrian refugee camps in Kilis, Turkey and to nearby camps near the Syrian border in November 2012.
FANON’s action takes place in the post-war context marked by the ideological struggle between the Western bloc led by the United States and the socialist bloc led by the Soviet Union. The division is clear between the capitalist world and the socialist bloc, a third world emerges during the 1950s and 1960s: it is the Third World which also claims its place in international relations and its share in the sharing of the planet’s wealth.
MERIP provides critical, alternative reporting and analysis, focusing on state power, political economy and social hierarchies as well as popular struggles and the role of US policy in the region. MERIP seeks to reach academics, journalists, non-governmental and governmental organizations and informed citizens who want knowledgeable analysis and critical resources about contemporary political developments. Informed by scholarship and research, MERIP is a curated platform for critical analysis and discussion that brings informed perspectives to a broader audience.
A professional organisation that aims to bring together scholars working on postcolonial topics in any discipline or language.
DAAS – DECOLONIZING ARCHITECTURE ART STUDIES, in Sharjah is an advanced research educational programme led by DAAR – Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, open to artists, architects, curators, and cultural producers interested in situating and understanding their practice within a broader theoretical, historical, political, and social context.
A nonprofit organization that produces knowledge on matters related to the Arab world and its relations. It serves as an institute in its own right and as an umbrella organization for five other subsidiaries: the Arab Studies Journal, Jadaliyya, Quilting Point, FAMA (Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs), and Tadween Publishing.
The Arab Thought Foundation is an independent international non-governmental organization having no association with regimes and no political, party or sectarian affiliations whatsoever.
Culture Resource (Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy) is a regional, non-profit organization founded in 2003 that seeks to support artistic creativity in the Arab region and to encourage cultural exchange within the region and beyond. The work of Culture Resource is based on an appreciation of the value of the diverse cultural heritage within the Arab region, and a belief in the critical role of culture in the development of civil society, the importance of access to culture for all, and the rights of artists to freedom of expression.
7iber is a media organization and online magazine that seeks to promote an open society that upholds values of accountability, rule of law, human rights, and pluralism, through in-depth multimedia journalism, critical analysis and public conversation.
Ettijahat – Independent Culture is a cultural institution active in independent culture in Syria and the Arab region, founded in late 2011. Ettijahat works to activate the role of independent culture and arts to be more positive in the process of cultural and social change.