Khatera Haleem joined Ideas Beyond Borders to pursue her dream of a modern, free-thinking Afghanistan and use her knowledge to fight the Taliban and for for afghan people
UCONVO is a new social media platform that plans to prioritize freedom of speech and respect diversity of opinion in a bid to democratize expression online
Mothers who lived through the first Taliban regime have faced these restrictions before, and now some are refusing to back down
After a wave of popularity, heavy metal music has gone underground in Iraq. But to Karam Bassam: ‘In their hearts, they are still metal musicians’
Building on her popular Instagram page, Rocket engineer Diana Alsindy is writing a children’s book in Arabic to make space and science accessible to young readers
Translators at I Believe in Science are fighting fiction with facts by bringing articles about scientific subjects to Arabic readers
The Afghanistan Astronomy Association is championing free thought as the Taliban clamps down on astronomers, scientific inquiry, and open debate
The Wikipedia Arabic translators striving to lift limits on knowledge across the Middle East
Two decades of progress in the country’s educational system is being swiftly dismantled by the taliban undermining prospects for Afghan boys and girls
Tech 4 Peace is tackling the flood of false narratives circulating on Iraqi social media from Isis propaganda and Covid misinformation to Russian misinformation
