Middle East and North Africa
We are an open Haus for innovation and a global liberal think-tank, with the aim of enhancing the values and goals of freedom worldwide. With our activities and publications, we encourage and support individuals in exercising their right of political participation. Our offices in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) work within the frame of freedom and human rights in their national context. Our office is based in Amman, Jordan. FNF MENA has three main programs that encourage inter-country cooperation: MENA-NET | MENA-EU | MENA-GEOPOL. We advise and motivate relevant stakeholders and shape and promote solutions that are based on enhancing individual freedom and responsibility.
News
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Amman Innovation in Politics Forum 2020
This is not a conventional conference. It is experimental journey meticulously designed to reflect the power of ideas through unconferencing methods enabling two-way interaction and communication between our audience and experts.
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Biden, a Nuclear Deal and Iran's Presidential Elections
With President Joseph Biden assuming office in the United States, the debate in Washington, Europe and the Middle East has shifted in terms of the “Iranian dossier.” It is clear that the Biden administration is keen to engage Iran on the nuclear file and aims to reach an agreement.
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Earn your License to Drive Change in the MENA Region
What comes to your mind when you read Rethink Politics in MENA? Keep in mind that this is where your role comes in. Think about it… Is it threats against democracy? Gaps in the health and education systems? Possibly market and economic deficiencies? Or maybe threats against development? [...] The 5 Ws with Dirk Kunze, Regional Director, FNF MENA
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Take Me By The Hand
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A Crisis for All – A Chance for Everyone
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MENA on the Map
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Euro-MENA Day for Freedom
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#InnovatingPolitics is What we Need in the MENA Region!
FNF MENA has been organizing for two consecutive years now its annual Innovation in Politics Forum. Between the Beirut and Amman editions, the aim was to create an annual experimental journey to expose groundbreaking political work - from new methodologies to the use of technology in politics.
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MENAPOL Questions
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Internships at FNF MENA
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A Silent War
When the first planes appeared in the sky, Fatima* was outside, working in the backyard. As the first bomb fell on her family’s house in Sanaa, she did not run away. Instead, she rushed back, trying to make her way through the flames and the smoke that were slowly engulfing the building, to reach the room where she had left her three-year-old daughter...
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Why iValues?
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iValues at AIP 2020
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Our Work
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ivalues.innovationinpolitics.eu
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One Podcast. One Year. Eight renowned, distinguished guests. Dozens of intriguing topics ranging from politics to society to human rights and more. And believe it or not, the best is yet to come. Season 2 of Bel Arabi Podcast, the platform for free thought, will be here in the blink of an eye. Stay tuned at https://soundcloud.com/belarabipodcast Faisal Saeed Al Mutar Ideas Beyond Borders بيت الحكمة 2.0
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We consider discrimination intolerable. Discrimination interferes with human dignity and freedom, and we will continue to defend people’s rights to live in a world free of discrimination or prejudice. May every day be #ZeroDiscrimination Day!
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Technology has certainly affected the world negatively with cyber-crimes, terrorism, cyber-bullying, and much more. However, technology also has the potential to be the solution to human suffering, but first we must make these solutions “as human as the problems they aim to solve,” as Yasmin Green Director of Research & Development at Jigsaw (Google), suggests. Be the creator of the solutions to the problems your region is suffering from, and participate in the iValues: Rethink Politics in MENA awards. Visit ivalues.innovationinpolitics.eu The Innovation in Politics Institute
