Arab Reform Initiative
@arabreforminit.bsky.social
A Hub for Independent Thought.
Producing knowledge geared towards achieving democratic change in the Arab Region.
مؤسسة بحثية وملتقى الفكر الحر في المنطقة العربية
Producing knowledge geared towards achieving democratic change in the Arab Region.
مؤسسة بحثية وملتقى الفكر الحر في المنطقة العربية
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We are here because we believe that inclusive, transparent, and community-driven digital spaces are essential to fostering meaningful dialogue and driving reforms.
#PolicyReforms #SocialJustice #EnvironmentalPolitics #Youth #Politics #Analysis #Research
#PolicyReforms #SocialJustice #EnvironmentalPolitics #Youth #Politics #Analysis #Research
In this sharp new piece, @haidhaid22.bsky.social examines the tenuous ceasefire in Syria’s Sweida region, warning that the U.S.-brokered truce masks deeper unresolved tensions. Amid rising sectarian hate speech, the calm may prove short-lived.
Read full article: lnkd.in/efX3njFw
Read full article: lnkd.in/efX3njFw
July 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In this sharp new piece, @haidhaid22.bsky.social examines the tenuous ceasefire in Syria’s Sweida region, warning that the U.S.-brokered truce masks deeper unresolved tensions. Amid rising sectarian hate speech, the calm may prove short-lived.
Read full article: lnkd.in/efX3njFw
Read full article: lnkd.in/efX3njFw
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🔎 #Syria: "A possible misunderstanding is that #Al-Sharaa and his allies thought #Israel might allow some movement if he eased up on the #Golan."
👉 @arabreforminit.bsky.social ‘s Nadim Houry
➡️Full show: f24.my/BJy4.x
#ısrael #Sweida
👉 @arabreforminit.bsky.social ‘s Nadim Houry
➡️Full show: f24.my/BJy4.x
#ısrael #Sweida
July 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🔎 #Syria: "A possible misunderstanding is that #Al-Sharaa and his allies thought #Israel might allow some movement if he eased up on the #Golan."
👉 @arabreforminit.bsky.social ‘s Nadim Houry
➡️Full show: f24.my/BJy4.x
#ısrael #Sweida
👉 @arabreforminit.bsky.social ‘s Nadim Houry
➡️Full show: f24.my/BJy4.x
#ısrael #Sweida
Can a constitutional declaration drafted in two weeks shape Syria’s future? Zaid Al-Ali, Visiting Fellow at Princeton unpacks the risks and potential of Syria’s new transitional framework in this in-depth conversation with ARI’s Nadim Houry.
Full interview: lnkd.in/dTE-awqU
@zalali.bsky.social
Full interview: lnkd.in/dTE-awqU
@zalali.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Can a constitutional declaration drafted in two weeks shape Syria’s future? Zaid Al-Ali, Visiting Fellow at Princeton unpacks the risks and potential of Syria’s new transitional framework in this in-depth conversation with ARI’s Nadim Houry.
Full interview: lnkd.in/dTE-awqU
@zalali.bsky.social
Full interview: lnkd.in/dTE-awqU
@zalali.bsky.social
📢 27/03/2025 - Webinar:
A panel discussion featuring four dossier authors, diving into how environmental governance is evolving in #Syria, #Palestine, and #Iraq, and examining the impact of recent political shifts on climate resilience.
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/diVrCrPC
A panel discussion featuring four dossier authors, diving into how environmental governance is evolving in #Syria, #Palestine, and #Iraq, and examining the impact of recent political shifts on climate resilience.
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/diVrCrPC
March 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📢 27/03/2025 - Webinar:
A panel discussion featuring four dossier authors, diving into how environmental governance is evolving in #Syria, #Palestine, and #Iraq, and examining the impact of recent political shifts on climate resilience.
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/diVrCrPC
A panel discussion featuring four dossier authors, diving into how environmental governance is evolving in #Syria, #Palestine, and #Iraq, and examining the impact of recent political shifts on climate resilience.
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/diVrCrPC
Webinar Series: #Palestine Insight | The Arab League’s Reconstruction Plan for #Gaza: What Role for Palestinians?
📅 Thursday, March 20
⏰ 10-11:30am CET | 11am-12:30pm Gaza
📍 Online
Details & Zoom registration:
tinyurl.com/49v6755m
@alshabaka.bsky.social
📅 Thursday, March 20
⏰ 10-11:30am CET | 11am-12:30pm Gaza
📍 Online
Details & Zoom registration:
tinyurl.com/49v6755m
@alshabaka.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Webinar Series: #Palestine Insight | The Arab League’s Reconstruction Plan for #Gaza: What Role for Palestinians?
📅 Thursday, March 20
⏰ 10-11:30am CET | 11am-12:30pm Gaza
📍 Online
Details & Zoom registration:
tinyurl.com/49v6755m
@alshabaka.bsky.social
📅 Thursday, March 20
⏰ 10-11:30am CET | 11am-12:30pm Gaza
📍 Online
Details & Zoom registration:
tinyurl.com/49v6755m
@alshabaka.bsky.social
Nadim Houry était l'invité de l’émission Parlons-en sur @france24.com, aux côtés du journaliste Ludovic De Foucaud. L’échange a porté sur l’évolution de la situation en #Syrie, marquée par des violences sans précédent et les défis d’un éventuel accord avec les Kurdes.
🔗 tinyurl.com/54dpewsa
🔗 tinyurl.com/54dpewsa
March 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Nadim Houry était l'invité de l’émission Parlons-en sur @france24.com, aux côtés du journaliste Ludovic De Foucaud. L’échange a porté sur l’évolution de la situation en #Syrie, marquée par des violences sans précédent et les défis d’un éventuel accord avec les Kurdes.
🔗 tinyurl.com/54dpewsa
🔗 tinyurl.com/54dpewsa
Interview with Laury Haytayan, #MENA Director of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, examines how Lebanon’s already dire economic and energy crises have been deepened by the recent war:
tinyurl.com/3w4b2u97
#Lebanon
tinyurl.com/3w4b2u97
#Lebanon
March 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Interview with Laury Haytayan, #MENA Director of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, examines how Lebanon’s already dire economic and energy crises have been deepened by the recent war:
tinyurl.com/3w4b2u97
#Lebanon
tinyurl.com/3w4b2u97
#Lebanon
With #AbdelmadjidTebboune’s landslide re-election, #Algeria enters a new phase, is it truly a "New Algeria" or just a return to military dominance in civilian affairs? In this in-depth analysis, policy expert Aghiles Aït-Larbi unpacks Algeria’s shifting power dynamics.
📍https://lnkd.in/dTS2DcSN
📍https://lnkd.in/dTS2DcSN
March 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
With #AbdelmadjidTebboune’s landslide re-election, #Algeria enters a new phase, is it truly a "New Algeria" or just a return to military dominance in civilian affairs? In this in-depth analysis, policy expert Aghiles Aït-Larbi unpacks Algeria’s shifting power dynamics.
📍https://lnkd.in/dTS2DcSN
📍https://lnkd.in/dTS2DcSN
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Excited to share my new report on how people are organising for the environment in Iraq and the challenges they face amidst an increasingly shrinking civic space in the country
New Research:
Taif Alkhudary, doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, examines the rise of environmental activism in Iraq amid increasing authoritarianism and climate challenges.
Read the paper:
lnkd.in/d3_MFXbM
#Iraq #ClimateChange
Taif Alkhudary, doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, examines the rise of environmental activism in Iraq amid increasing authoritarianism and climate challenges.
Read the paper:
lnkd.in/d3_MFXbM
#Iraq #ClimateChange
February 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Excited to share my new report on how people are organising for the environment in Iraq and the challenges they face amidst an increasingly shrinking civic space in the country
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A fragmented environmentalist movement in #Iraq struggles with addressing the country's major challenges due to limited funding, oppression and lack of political will for change. Collective action is needed!
New @arabreforminit.bsky.social report
www.arab-reform.net/publication/...
New @arabreforminit.bsky.social report
www.arab-reform.net/publication/...
February 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A fragmented environmentalist movement in #Iraq struggles with addressing the country's major challenges due to limited funding, oppression and lack of political will for change. Collective action is needed!
New @arabreforminit.bsky.social report
www.arab-reform.net/publication/...
New @arabreforminit.bsky.social report
www.arab-reform.net/publication/...
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#Syria [in-depth interview] - Two months after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, Nadim Houry explores the possibilities for transitional justice in Syria. In his view, “civil peace without justice is inconceivable today” in Syria.
Justice in Syria should be “a new social contract”
Two months after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, Nadim Houry explores the possibilities for transitional justice in Syria. In his view, “civil peace without justice is inconceivable today” ...
www.justiceinfo.net
February 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#Syria [in-depth interview] - Two months after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, Nadim Houry explores the possibilities for transitional justice in Syria. In his view, “civil peace without justice is inconceivable today” in Syria.
How did #Tunisia shift from a decade of unprecedented media freedom to an environment marked by #censorship, intimidation, and state control?
Learn more in our latest publication by Dr. Larbi Chouikha:
lnkd.in/dFpjjreD
Learn more in our latest publication by Dr. Larbi Chouikha:
lnkd.in/dFpjjreD
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
How did #Tunisia shift from a decade of unprecedented media freedom to an environment marked by #censorship, intimidation, and state control?
Learn more in our latest publication by Dr. Larbi Chouikha:
lnkd.in/dFpjjreD
Learn more in our latest publication by Dr. Larbi Chouikha:
lnkd.in/dFpjjreD
February 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
How Do Perceived Threats Shape Coup-Proofing Strategies in #Turkey and #Egypt?
New paper by ARI’s Berfin Necimoglu & political analyst Hossam El-Hamalawy to explore how regimes reshape their #security sectors to maintain power: tinyurl.com/ydtrwvmn
New paper by ARI’s Berfin Necimoglu & political analyst Hossam El-Hamalawy to explore how regimes reshape their #security sectors to maintain power: tinyurl.com/ydtrwvmn
February 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
How Do Perceived Threats Shape Coup-Proofing Strategies in #Turkey and #Egypt?
New paper by ARI’s Berfin Necimoglu & political analyst Hossam El-Hamalawy to explore how regimes reshape their #security sectors to maintain power: tinyurl.com/ydtrwvmn
New paper by ARI’s Berfin Necimoglu & political analyst Hossam El-Hamalawy to explore how regimes reshape their #security sectors to maintain power: tinyurl.com/ydtrwvmn
WEBINAR | Energy Transition in MENA
The Arab Reform Initiative & MIPA are hosting a regional webinar on Feb 20, 2025 (4-5:30 PM) to explore policy gaps, challenges, and solutions for a just energy transition.
Speakers include experts from ARI, UCL, URITI, & KarmSolar.
Register here: lnkd.in/enFbRgiN
The Arab Reform Initiative & MIPA are hosting a regional webinar on Feb 20, 2025 (4-5:30 PM) to explore policy gaps, challenges, and solutions for a just energy transition.
Speakers include experts from ARI, UCL, URITI, & KarmSolar.
Register here: lnkd.in/enFbRgiN
February 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
WEBINAR | Energy Transition in MENA
The Arab Reform Initiative & MIPA are hosting a regional webinar on Feb 20, 2025 (4-5:30 PM) to explore policy gaps, challenges, and solutions for a just energy transition.
Speakers include experts from ARI, UCL, URITI, & KarmSolar.
Register here: lnkd.in/enFbRgiN
The Arab Reform Initiative & MIPA are hosting a regional webinar on Feb 20, 2025 (4-5:30 PM) to explore policy gaps, challenges, and solutions for a just energy transition.
Speakers include experts from ARI, UCL, URITI, & KarmSolar.
Register here: lnkd.in/enFbRgiN
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I'll be joining Dr. Leyla Dakhli, Dr. Leyla Dakhli and Malek Lakhal for the @arabreforminit.bsky.social webinar: "Reinvigorating the Concept of Democracy in the Arab Region" on Feb 20th
To register: www.arab-reform.net/event/reinvi...
To register: www.arab-reform.net/event/reinvi...
Reinvigorating the Concept of Democracy in the Arab Region
Webinar Series: Renewing the path to democracy amid crisis: Comparative perspectives on today’s regimes During the last decade, ARI’s work has aimed at observing and accompanying transi…
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February 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I'll be joining Dr. Leyla Dakhli, Dr. Leyla Dakhli and Malek Lakhal for the @arabreforminit.bsky.social webinar: "Reinvigorating the Concept of Democracy in the Arab Region" on Feb 20th
To register: www.arab-reform.net/event/reinvi...
To register: www.arab-reform.net/event/reinvi...
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Great discussions on Arab diaspora politics at this fantastic conference in Paris! I am grateful to @carepparis.bsky.social, @arabreforminit.bsky.social for their hospitality, and their crucial work on migration, exile, and transnational politics.
More details👇
www.arab-reform.net/event/from-r...
More details👇
www.arab-reform.net/event/from-r...
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Great discussions on Arab diaspora politics at this fantastic conference in Paris! I am grateful to @carepparis.bsky.social, @arabreforminit.bsky.social for their hospitality, and their crucial work on migration, exile, and transnational politics.
More details👇
www.arab-reform.net/event/from-r...
More details👇
www.arab-reform.net/event/from-r...
New Research:
Taif Alkhudary, doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, examines the rise of environmental activism in Iraq amid increasing authoritarianism and climate challenges.
Read the paper:
lnkd.in/d3_MFXbM
#Iraq #ClimateChange
Taif Alkhudary, doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, examines the rise of environmental activism in Iraq amid increasing authoritarianism and climate challenges.
Read the paper:
lnkd.in/d3_MFXbM
#Iraq #ClimateChange
February 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New Research:
Taif Alkhudary, doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, examines the rise of environmental activism in Iraq amid increasing authoritarianism and climate challenges.
Read the paper:
lnkd.in/d3_MFXbM
#Iraq #ClimateChange
Taif Alkhudary, doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, examines the rise of environmental activism in Iraq amid increasing authoritarianism and climate challenges.
Read the paper:
lnkd.in/d3_MFXbM
#Iraq #ClimateChange
Once a rare Arab Spring success story, Tunisia’s media freedoms are now caught in a tightening vise—with every new arrest, every censored broadcast, the fate of its hard-won democracy hangs in uneasy balance.
More in Hatem Nafti’s new commentary:
lnkd.in/dN-pKqkU
#Tunisia #MediaFreedom #Democracy
More in Hatem Nafti’s new commentary:
lnkd.in/dN-pKqkU
#Tunisia #MediaFreedom #Democracy
February 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Once a rare Arab Spring success story, Tunisia’s media freedoms are now caught in a tightening vise—with every new arrest, every censored broadcast, the fate of its hard-won democracy hangs in uneasy balance.
More in Hatem Nafti’s new commentary:
lnkd.in/dN-pKqkU
#Tunisia #MediaFreedom #Democracy
More in Hatem Nafti’s new commentary:
lnkd.in/dN-pKqkU
#Tunisia #MediaFreedom #Democracy
Extractivism in Academic Research.
Dr. Zakaria Ibrahimi, a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, explains how environmental sociology can transcend extractivist research by actively involving local communities in researched areas and conducting scholarship in native languages
youtu.be/w5zLAFfJd5s
Dr. Zakaria Ibrahimi, a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, explains how environmental sociology can transcend extractivist research by actively involving local communities in researched areas and conducting scholarship in native languages
youtu.be/w5zLAFfJd5s
Dr. Zakaria Ibrahim, Professor University Cadi Ayyad
YouTube video by Arab Reform Initiative مبادرة الإصلاح العربي -
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February 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Extractivism in Academic Research.
Dr. Zakaria Ibrahimi, a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, explains how environmental sociology can transcend extractivist research by actively involving local communities in researched areas and conducting scholarship in native languages
youtu.be/w5zLAFfJd5s
Dr. Zakaria Ibrahimi, a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, explains how environmental sociology can transcend extractivist research by actively involving local communities in researched areas and conducting scholarship in native languages
youtu.be/w5zLAFfJd5s
We are here because we believe that inclusive, transparent, and community-driven digital spaces are essential to fostering meaningful dialogue and driving reforms.
#PolicyReforms #SocialJustice #EnvironmentalPolitics #Youth #Politics #Analysis #Research
#PolicyReforms #SocialJustice #EnvironmentalPolitics #Youth #Politics #Analysis #Research
January 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We are here because we believe that inclusive, transparent, and community-driven digital spaces are essential to fostering meaningful dialogue and driving reforms.
#PolicyReforms #SocialJustice #EnvironmentalPolitics #Youth #Politics #Analysis #Research
#PolicyReforms #SocialJustice #EnvironmentalPolitics #Youth #Politics #Analysis #Research