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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.
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Read more: From Suspected Spy to Beloved TeacherIn Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, help from the outside often comes with strings. This time, it didn’t.
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Read more: ‘Afghan Women Tend to Find a Way’: Inside the Secret Classrooms Defying the Taliban’s Ban on Girls’ EducationFour teachers from across Afghanistan explain their mission to educate girls despite repressive decrees. This article is co-published with More To Her Story.
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Read more: A Virtual LifelineHow online education is empowering Afghan women under the Taliban
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Read more: The Citizenry’s Black Friday Fund Supports Education for Afghan Women and GirlsToday only, all profits from purchases made at The Citizenry go to IBB’s underground schools program. Every $120 you spend funds a girl’s year…