Now funded in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, the ultimate goal of the program is to generate a new generation of Wikipedia volunteers, passionately committed to growing Wikipedia Arabic into a powerful knowledge engine for everyone in the Middle East and North Africa.
We offer students a full semester of extracurricular webinars that provide in-depth experience in translating and editing articles, thinking critically about good sources, and learning to lead volunteer communities committed to sharing knowledge. The best students win prizes and the opportunity to advance to leadership positions in the Wikipedia Arabic community.
Ahmad Al-Rashid, the man behind British English Plus posts short, snappy videos for learners who lack the time and resources to take a full language course.
After surviving the war in his home country, Syria. Majd Albasha’s (entrepreneur) attempt to migrate to Europe failed. However, that did not stop him from creating a successful enterprise that supports other Syrian refugees in Turkey.
Ideas Beyond Borders supports a translator on her tale of survival from Syria to Germany where she continues to fight misinformation regarding COVID-19 and other issues.
Ideas Beyond Borders is training student translators to make knowledge available across the Middle East, creating career opportunities for a new generation of young people seeking a better future
The Innovation Hub program, launched in 2021, is growing exponentially, and is enabling the region’s change-makers to bring a new MENA Enlightenment to life. WHY
Many Mauritanians are haunted by the practice which rules over their lives even after they have been freed
