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Read more: Q3 2026 Review: Afghan Students Graduate as IBB Videos Reach 25.9M ViewsTeachers kept underground classrooms running, while Shezomedia began publishing its reporting in English.
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Read more: Ideas Beyond Borders Recognized at the 2026 .ORG Impact AwardsSelected from more than 4,200 submissions worldwide, IBB earned a place among the finalists for Quality Education for All.
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Read more: The Work That Gives Peace a ChanceAcross the Middle East and Afghanistan, people are expanding access to knowledge and building opportunities in their own communities. IBB helps them carry that…
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Read more: The Next Twenty-Five Years Cannot Look Like the LastFaisal Saeed Al Mutar grew up in Iraq through the wars that followed 9/11. Now IBB’s president, he reflects on what that experience taught…
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Read more: Before Dawn, Behind Closed Doors, and Across the Street: Women at Work in the Middle EastFrom underground classrooms to parliament floors, six stories of women shaping daily life across the region.
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Read more: Q4 2025 Review: Schools Remained Open. Laws Moved Forward. Access Expanded.In the final quarter of 2025, several things happened that rarely make headlines: In Kurdistan, business registration dropped from months to a single day;…
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Read more: From Afghan Classrooms to Arab Podcasts: IBB’s Mission for a Freer Middle EastAcross the Middle East, millions are seeking knowledge and opportunity despite censorship and conflict. Ideas Beyond Borders (IBB) is meeting that demand — one…
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Read more: Afghans Resist Taliban War on Education and Cultural MemoryThe Taliban are replacing science with dogma and erasing culture from classrooms. Afghans supported by Ideas Beyond Borders are fighting back with underground schools,…
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Read more: Afghanistan’s Hidden Classrooms: How Innovators Are Defying the TalibanAfghan entrepreneurs like Ahmad Zia Yousufi are using technology and digital training to keep women and youth connected to learning despite Taliban restrictions.
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Read more: “Safe Screen Time” in Afghanistan Means Staying AliveFor Afghan youth, the internet is both a risk of arrest and a lifeline for learning, work, and connection.