Ideas Beyond Borders @IdeasB2
We equip individuals and communities in the Middle East with the information, skills, and resources to improve their societies on their own terms linktr.ee/ideasbeyondbor… Joined August 2017-
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A whistleblower told Middle East Uncovered that the Taliban are recruiting engineers and importing parts to build armed drones. Read the full investigation in Middle East Uncovered: themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/inside-the-t…
Iraqi human rights advocate and founder of @IdeasB2, @faisalalmutar, spoke at the 2025 College Freedom Forum at Tufts University on why democratic values must be taught, not imposed.
“Victimhood corrodes. It consumes. It makes us hate ourselves, if not outright, then by proxy.” Read Ammar Abdulhamid’s Notes on Victimhood at Middle East Uncovered 👉 themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/notes-on-vic…
Iraq’s $17B “Suez Canal.” A U.S.-brokered corridor reshaping the Caucasus. Conditional recognition of Palestine. Here’s what you might have missed in August. 📰 ideasbeyondborders.org/what-you-might…
Iraq’s Shia helped lead the 1920 revolt against British rule, yet were sidelined in the decades that followed. Hussam Alhaj in @M_E_uncovered shows how that exclusion still shapes Iraq’s struggle for unity today. 🔗 themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/the-forgotte…
“Rejecting antisemitism is not a betrayal of Arab identity, but a crucial condition for lasting peace.” @AhmetAlrayyis in @M_E_uncovered on why confronting antisemitism is essential for coexistence. 🔗 themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/antisemitism…
Gaza is now the deadliest place for journalists in recorded history. Six more reporters were killed on August 10, even as Israel promised greater press access. @HowidyHamza in @M_E_uncovered on why this is an existential threat to press freedom. 🔗 themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/a-new-low-fo…
In most of the world, "safe screen time" means balancing hours online. In Afghanistan, it means avoiding surveillance, censorship, and even arrest. Still, young people log in every day to study in secret, find remote work, and build startups that connect them to the world. The…
What if farming in one of the world’s most water-scarce regions could thrive again? In Kurdistan, entrepreneurs are growing strawberries indoors, building AI-powered greenhouses, and cutting pesticide use to near zero. Their experiments may hold lessons far beyond Iraq. Read…
🚨 New interview! “I lived in Iraq when the West invaded. Here’s the truth about war, extremism, and hope for the Middle East.” Watch @faisalalmutar on The Winston Marshall Show @MrWinMarshall 👉 youtu.be/ImpcqzIY5XI?fe… #IdeasOverWeapons #IraqWar
Russia is the first to recognize the Taliban, bolstering a regime that erased women from public life. Lauryn Oates and Murwarid Ziayee in @M_E_uncovered warn this move weakens global leverage and abandons Afghan women and girls. 🔗 themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/the-world-mu…
Great conversation between @MrWinMarshall and @IdeasB2's @faisalalmutar open.spotify.com/episode/72PsEs…
Five years after the Beirut port explosion, justice is still out of reach. But Lebanese communities are rebuilding with support from IBB’s Innovation Hub. Read how resilience is shaping the country’s future: ideasbeyondborders.org/lebanon-after-… #Lebanon #BeirutBlast #InnovationHub…
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"One of the reasons that religious extremism appeals to people is that they feel that the world has become more decadent, is in a state of decline. I show in Enlightenment Now that that's a false picture of history, that there were crises in the past, there was war, there were…
Proud to serve on the board of @IdeasB2 with @sapinker and others committed to fostering open, tolerant societies. Please follow founders @faisalalmutar & @MsMelChen and check out Ideas Beyond Borders.
Proud to serve on the board of @IdeasB2 with @sapinker and others committed to fostering open, tolerant societies. Please follow founders @faisalalmutar & @MsMelChen and check out Ideas Beyond Borders.
When noise outweighs knowledge, society fragments. Truth gets lost in the static of opinion masquerading as wisdom. #Averroes #CivicResponsibility #PoliticalPhilosophy #WisdomMatters #PublicDiscourse #PhilosophyQuotes #IdeasBeyondBorders
In most of the world, safe screen time means limiting hours online. In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, it means avoiding arrest. Despite the risk, Afghan youth turn to social media as a lifeline. Olivia Cuthbert reports for @M_E_uncovered themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/afghanistans…
A 27-mile strip of Armenia could put U.S.-aligned infrastructure on Iran’s border. In @M_E_uncovered, @AhmetAlrayyis unpacks Trump’s Armenia–Azerbaijan peace deal and its potential to upend regional power. Read: “Trump’s Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace Gamble” 🔗themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/trumps-armen…
With allies ready to recognize a Palestinian state, @HowidyHamza writes in @M_E_uncovered that Washington can lead by tying recognition to Hamas disarmament, PA reform, and regional integration. Read: “Washington’s Window to Rewrite the Peace Process” themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/washingtons-…
Melissa Chen @MsMelChen
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